Agency Report/
A staff of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), in Lagos, who committed suicide by jumping off the Third Mainland Bridge into the lagoon today has been identified as a driver after he was earlier described as a journalist.
The driver, identified by the police as Sheriff Oladejo, was attached to the Director of IT, Lagos operations of the FRCN.
It was revealed that he was recently retired but was re-absorbed on a contract basis pending when he would get his retirement benefits.
The late driver had pretended that he wanted to ease himself, but after alighting from the commercial bus which he was riding on along with some of his colleagues, he immediately dived into the lagoon.
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command responded immediately to the incident, but could not rescue the driver.
After a joint effort by Marine Police and local divers, his corpse was eventually recovered and has been taken to the Ebute Ero Police division.
Kehinde Adebayo, spokesman LASEMA, confirmed that efforts were being made to transfer the deceased’s corpse to the mortuary.