Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos
Lekki bridge suicide: Deceased identified, body recovered
Man who reportedly jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos, in an apparent suicide, last Tuesday has been identified.
This is also as rescue workers have recovered corpse of the deceased from the waters.
The deceased male identified as, Buka Abana, is believed to be 30 years of age, as confirmed by police and family sources.
The man’s corpse was recovered last Thursday, two days after he jumped into the lagoon, killing himself.
It was gathered that the 30-year-old had left his Lekki Phase I residence about two days before the incident, even as his family members who had formed a search party for him later received information that he has been sighted around the bridge and decided to go after him.
The deceased reportedly jumped into the lagoon on sighting the search party on the bridge.
The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development, while also adding that the deceased was on hard drugs.
“The man’s name is Buka Abana. He was aged 30. He had been taking Colorado hard drugs.
“He left home for two days and in the process of searching for him, he sighted the family members and jumped into the lagoon as soon as he saw them,” the PPRO said.
Earlier, the Head, Public Education of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Amodu Shakiru, in a statement confirmed that Abana’s lifeless body was recovered on Thursday.
“The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service can authoritatively report that the body of one adult male that jumped into the lagoon on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, from Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge has been recovered today (Thursday).
“The search and rescue operations began in earnest immediately after the alert of the incident was received around 2.53pm and culminated in the recovery of the body today (Thursday) around 9.15am at the LASEMA end of the lagoon bank.
“The collaborative efforts include that of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Waterways Authority, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Lagos State Health, Environmental Monitoring Unit and the locals to foreclose the joint operations.”
Also, Permanent Secretary, Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, aid the deceased’s body was handed over to the family after the operation.
“The recovered body has been handed over to the family of the deceased in conjunction with the LASEMA Response Unit, SEHMU, LASWA Rescue Team and officers of the Nigerian Police Force from Maroko Divisional Police Station, and operation has been concluded,” the statement read.
