According to the news outlet, a major tragedy was averted yesterday in Lagos, when a man jumped into the river on the Mile Two Bridge. According to eyewitnesses, he stood on the bridge for some minutes, loudly expressed bitterness over his sufferings. . . He was said to have mentioned Buhari repeatedly, muttered some other words before jumping. However, the timely intervention of a passing speedboat prevented him from drowning. Passengers on the speedboat dived into the river, dragged him to the riverbank, and continued their journey. . . A witness, Andy Odiaka, said the victim, was left on the floor for a while, unconscious. Odiaka later called the Lagos state emergency number – 112. On the arrival of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), a three-man medical team, went ahead to resuscitate the victim. . . Odiaka said: “I was there on the bridge where the man was also standing.
He was speaking to himself. He said he had no transport fare to move from one place to another. He said his suffering was too much that he could hardly feed. . .
I also heard him saying life was meaningless to him. He mentioned Buhari many times, and the next thing I saw, the man jumped from the bridge into the water. He is an Igbo man because he was speaking the language. I thought he was joking when he said he was tired of everything around him.""
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