Passenger Jumps into Lagos Lagoon

Ololade Adeyanju/

A yet-to-be-identified man today jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge.

NewsmakersNG learnt that the man had boarded a Uber taxi from Gbagada to an unstated destination on Lagos Island.

In the course of the journey, the passenger reportedly told the driver to park on the bridge because he needed to relieve himself.

He, thereafter, disembarked from the vehicle and jumped into the ocean around 11 am.

The Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the incident, saying that rescue operation was ongoing.

He said, “The guy boarded Uber from Gbagada and when they got to the Third Mainland Bridge, he told the driver that he had stomach upset and that he needed to relieve himself. So when the driver parked, he got down from the vehicle, abandoned his belongings and jumped into the water.”