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SO SAD! Man who jumped into Lagos lagoon identified as FRCN staff
The man who got drown after he reportedly jumped into the lagoon in Lagos on Friday has been identified as a worker at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria.
A staff of FRCN, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the deceased was a driver attached to an Assistant Director in charge of Information Communication Technology unit of the corporation.
The source said that the deceased was newly posted from the FRCN Training School in Shogunle to the Broadcasting House in Ikoyi, Lagos
The source, however, described him as a gentleman.
Tunji Disu, Commander of the Rapid Response Squad said that his men got to the scene almost immediately and invited marine police and local divers who recovered the corpse from the lagoon.
He said;
“The deceased parked the vehicle he was driving on the Third Mainland Bridge and told other occupants of the vehicle that he wanted to urinate
“The occupants were shocked as he dived into the lagoon.”
Recall that WuzupNaija had reported that The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad confirmed that an unidentified man jumped into the Lagos Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge in the early hours of Friday.
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