Man Saved From Jumping Into Lagos Lagoon Over N500,000 Debt The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.
This picture released by the police on August 2, 2020, shows a man rescued by security operatives from jumping into the lagoon in Lagos.A father of two children, Adeyinka Abiodun, has been rescued from committing suicide over a debt of N500,000.
He, however, failed in the bid as he was promptly intercepted by police operatives deployed in the Third Mainland Bridge. He revealed that the suicide attempt was thwarted by the security operatives at about 1:50pm on Friday last week while the victim was rescued and taken to the Police Station in Bariga for questioning and debriefing.According to Elkana, Abiodun narrated that he procured a loan of N390,000 in March with monthly repayment plan for six months and accrued interest of N142,287:25 from a microfinance bank in Lagos Island.
Elkana noted that the latest incident was the eighth suicide attempt successfully foiled by the police in Lagos in the last two months.
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