Lagos State Police command disclosed this in a statement on Monday, June 10, 2024.
The statement revealed that the American, who is in his early 30s, had directed his baby mama to park her vehicle while he walked to a spot on the bridge.
Thereafter, he got down from the vehicle and while attempting to jump into the lagoon, was persuaded to abort the mission by operatives of the RRS who were alerted to the incident.
The statement reads; “An American citizen, whose name is withheld, was at 1.23 pm on Monday, restrained from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos
“The American, who is in his early 30s, was driven to the Third Mainland Bridge by his Baby Mama in the company of his daughter. He directed the lady who was unaware of his motive to park somewhere while he walked to a spot for a leap into the lagoon.
“A passerby who observed his movements quickly alerted patrolling RRS operatives who persuaded him from jumping and reunited him with his baby mama before taking them to the RRS headquarters in Alausa.”
“The Commander, RRS, Olayinka Egbeyemi, after advising the man and his family, directed that the case be transferred to the Gender Department of the police command for further counselling and necessary action.”
This development came barely a year after a Lagos socialite, Farida Sobowale of House of Phreeda attempted to take her own life on the same bridge.
The socialite drove her Lexus SUV to the Third Mainland Bridge, came down, and was about to jump into the Lagoon when she was rescued by persons who were there at the time.
Farida had made the news a few months before the incident when she held a talk of the town wedding ceremony with her man, Demola, in Lagos. There were rumors that their marriage had packed up and that this had largely affected her mental health.
