Posted on: 05:56 Sat, 02 Apr 2016



An unidentified man has
committed suicide by jumping into
a canal at Cele Bus Stop area of
Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

The man was brought out of the
canal dead, says the Lagos State
Fire Service Director, Rasak Fadipe.

The tragedy occurred on Friday
afternoon at Cele Bus Stop, on
Oshodi-Mile 2 Expressway.

According to Fadipe, information
gathered from the scene of the
tragedy had it that the man was just
walking along the road when he
suddenly pulled off his shoes and
jumped into the canal.

He said the Fire Service rushed to
the scene immediately they were
informed that a man had jumped
into the canal.

Fadipe lamented that the man was
brought out of the canal by his men
already dead, but said no one knew
why he decided to take his own life.