A teenager has been rescued from the grip of
death by some RRS (Rapid Response Squad)
officials on patrol on the Third Mainland Bridge.
Around 4pm today Thursday the 24th of March
2016, a mechanic directed the attention of the RRS
officials to a spot on the Third Mainland bridge
where a 17-year-old boy was trying to dive into
the lagoon.
Just as he was about to dive into the lagoon, the
police officials held his legs and took him to their
office for counselling and investigations. The boy
told them he lost hope after some area boys
snatched his phone and the N6000 his mother
gave him to purchase foodstuff at Ita Faaji.
He said he doesn’t have courage to confront his
mother at home and that’s why he decided to end
his own life.
His mother (name withheld) who is in her mid 50’s
said she has been looking for him for close to 4
hours.
.
“I have searched everywhere, his friends’ and
the entire neighbourhood. I was shocked to
learn that he has attempted suicide by
jumping into the Lagoon. He has just finished
his secondary school. He went to Lagos City
College. I don’t know why he wanted to
commit suicide”.
“If he had returned home to tell me what
happened, the worst I could have done was to slap him and threatened him to return my money for me. I know I have been an
exceptional mother to the four of them . I
have never allowed them to miss their father
and they are doing quite well in their
studies”.
The worried-looking woman said their father
abandoned them and travelled abroad but she has
never allowed them to suffer.
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