A 25-year-old street hawker, identified as Rabiu Nafiu, has been rescued from jumping into the lagoon by the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
The squad made this known in a tweet on Tuesday, noting that he has been transferred to RRS HQ.
“The hawker, Rabiu Nafiu, was restrained from leaping into the lagoon around 8:00 a.m.
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“Nafiu on sighting the RRS officers approaching him, warned them not to restrain him from jumping. The officers managed to calm him down before getting him off the edge of the bridge.
“He has been transferred to RRS HQ on the instruction of the Commander of RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi,” the tweet reads.