Woman commits suicide in Lagos jumping into river from a moving boat
By Emma Ogbuehi
In what appears to be another case of suicide, a woman who boarded a boat from Igando in Lagos State to Ogun, on Saturday night, reportedly jumped into the river from the moving boat, the police have said.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday evening.
He said that rescue teams were already searching for the woman.
Hundeyin said that one Rasaq reported the case to the Igando Police Division on Sunday at about 8am.
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According to Rasaq, at about 10.00 p.m. on Saturday, one Folashade Nimotalahi, of yet to be known address, boarded a boat from their Isuti Jet, Isuti Road, Igando in Lagos, going to Totowu in Ogun.
“They were 12 passengers on board. Suddenly, the woman removed the life jacket she was wearing and jumped into the river.
“She left behind one nylon bag containing a bottle of sniper, Alimosho General Hospital cards and some drugs,” the spokesperson quoted Rasaq as saying in his report.
Hundeyin said that the scene of incident was visited immediately by detectives from the division.
He said a search party has been contacted to recover the corpse, while investigation was ongoing as they make efforts to contact the family.
Cases of suicide are on the increase in recent times due to untold hardship since President Bola Tinubu abruptly removed subsidy on petrol on May 29, 2023.
Coupled with the floating of the Naira which led to a significant depreciation of the local currency, inflation is at an all-time high orchestrating unprecedented hardship.