Lifeless body of man who jumped into Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge lagoon recovered

The body of the yet-to-be-identified man who jumped into the Lekki-Ikoyi link Bridge lagoon on Tuesday has been recovered.

While Nigerians await the full details of the tragedy, reports indicate that the remains were recovered by the Lagos State Emergency and Rescue Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday morning.

This was after two days of intensive search and rescue operations.

The remains had been bagged immediately for onward movement to the Lagos morgue by the State Environmental Health Management Unit (SEHMU).

Recall that eyewitnesses on the route confirmed sighting the man jumping from the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge into the lagoon.

Commuters on the road rushed to the barricade of the bridge to see if the man could be seen calling for help.

One of the eyewitnesses, Temitope, tweeted: “Depression is real tbh Someone just jumped into the Ikoyi link bridge water right in front of me, not quite long. Hope he will not be lifeless before the rescue team arrives.”

Confirming the incident, the spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said: “Our men are there, controlling the crowd as other rescue teams arrive.”