Barely two weeks after a man alighted from a cab on the third mainland bridge and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon, another young man has leapt from an Uber cab and jumped into the lagoon.

The man, whose identity is being kept, jumped into the Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge at midnight.

The PUNCH reported that the man landed on floating logs of wood beneath the Third Mainland Bridge.

The cab driver told officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) that he picked the passenger from Igando, a suburb of Lagos.

He said,

“I carried him (the passenger) from Igando and he insisted I pass through the Third Mainland Bridge.

“On getting to the bridge, he asked me whether this was Third Mainland Bridge and I answered yes.

“He told me that he was pressed and that I should wait for him to ease himself. I was curious. At this time, he was forcing me to wait. I stylishly drove him to the point where the RRS men were standing inward Lagos.

“I told him I was no longer interested in the trip before I approached the police officers leaving him inside the car.”

A source, who is also an eyewitness, said,

“As soon as the cab driver approached the police informing them of what his passenger was telling him, he (the victim) got down from the Volkswagen Jetta car and jumped into the Lagoon but he landed on floating logs of wood.

“Before he jumped, one of the police officers who saw him approached the railings of the bridge and persuaded him not to jump.”

The PUNCH learnt that the victim was rescued but sustained varying degrees of injury.

It was also gathered that the victim was rushed to the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, where he was later referred to Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

“The incident was reported at Adekunle Police Station, Yaba,” The PUNCH was told.

Recall that on Saturday 15th February, Toju Davies Daibo, a resident of Sosanya Street, Soluyi, in the Gbagada area of Lagos, ordered a Uber cab from Gbagada, on getting to the Third Mainland Bridge around 11 am, he was said to have pretended that he had a stomach upset and begged the driver to stop so he could relieve himself. He reportedly climbed the pavement of the bridge and jumped into the water.