Man jumps into Lagos lagoon

An adult male yet to be identified, on Tuesday jumped into the lagoon at the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge area of Lagos State.

The incident saw emergency responders moving to the scene to recover the victim from the water.

Also, police cordoned off the area as at the time of this report.

Confirming the incident, the state Public Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said, “The incident happened truly. Marine police and the Lagos State emergency officials are here. Efforts are still on to bring out his body dead or alive.”

The Head, Public Education of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Amodu Shakiru, alao spoke about the incident.

Speaking on behalf of Adeseye Margaret, Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Shakiru said, “We got a distress call at about 2:43 pm and we moved down to the location. There is no update yet.”