The Lagos Police
Spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said in a statement on Saturday that the
incident happened on Wednesday at about 9.25 a.m.
He said the man
worked with Lagos State Development and Property Corporate (LSDPC), Town
Planning, Ilupeju Lagos.
Ajisebutu said
that the man, who resident at No. 1, Owodunni Street, Oworonsoki, was seen on
the Third Mainland Bridge trying to jump into the lagoon at the UNILAG
waterfront area.
He said that the
anti-crime patrol team from Bariga Police Division on a routine patrol of the
area, immediately rescued the man and took him into protective custody.
The spokesman
said that the suspect had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation
Department for investigation and subsequent prosecution.
Ajisebutu said
the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, directed that the family of the man
should be contacted for necessary action.
“The CP appeals
to members of the public not to take their own lives, no matter the challenges
they are currently facing.
“He said such
challenges are merely ephemeral. He further warns that such condemnable act is
not only morally wrong but is also criminal,” Ajisebutu quoted the CP as
saying.
NDLEA seizes cocaine, heroin packaged for Canada and Australia
Operatives of
the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in the past week, said it
seized hundreds of kilograms of illicit substances at the airports, courier
firms, hideouts and destroying hectares of cannabis farms in the remote
forests.
Under scoring
the efforts by drug traffickers to beat and evade NDLEA recent offensives,
illicit drug concealed in a degree certificate was intercepted.
In like manners, efforts by desperate traffickers to export varying
sizes of consignments containing cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs
through courier firms were also foiled.
Some of the
seizures include 475grams of heroin concealed in food items going to Canada;
202grams of cocaine hidden in body cream containers going to Australia;
720grams of Cannabis Sativa tucked in computer hard drives heading to United
Arab Emirates, UAE and another 2.1kg of cannabis hidden in body cream bottles
going to Oman, while 60grams of cocaine concealed in degree certificates meant
for Australia was also seized, all from three courier firms in Lagos.
Zeroing its
search light to Kano, one Shuaibu Yusuf, was arrested on Friday 17th Sept with
537kg of cannabis sativa, concealed among bags of cement in a truck, while in
Ogun state, five persons were arrested on Tuesday 14th Sept after their truck
conveying 552kg cannabis was intercepted at Ogere Remo, along Lagos-Ibadan
expressway.
As the Onslaught continues, narcotic officers on
motorised patrol on Friday 17th Sept, arrested a 21-year-old Law Ubi at Marian
Road, Calabar, Cross River state with 67.4 kg cannabis while a follow up search
of his residence the following day, Saturday, led to the recovery of 4.2grams
of Cocaine from his apartment.
While In Edo,
operatives stormed remote forests in Ovia North East area of the state between
8th and 16th Sept, destroyed over 14 hectares of cannabis farms, and recovered
172.6kg of cannabis.
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Three female and
a male suspects were also arrested in raids across Owan East and Akoko Edo
areas of the state.
Femi Babafemi,
Director, Media & Advocacy of the Agency, while confirming the development
in a release on Sunday, said different quantities of cannabis and local
mixtures called monkey tail were recovered from them.
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