CITIZENS COMPASS– A yet-to-be-identified woman has met her untimely death after jumping off the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
Reasons for committing the act was unknown.
Spokesman, Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Friday.
He said it occurred on Thursday afternoon at about 4p.m.
The spokesman said the body was recovered near the University of Lagos waterfront.
“On 13/3/2025 at about 1600hrs, at about 1500hrs of the same date, an unidentified lady, whose name is yet unknown, reportedly jumped from Third Mainland Bridge into the water at UNILAG waterfront,” he said.
Marine police officers stationed in the area retrieved her body. Medical experts later examined her and confirmed she had passed away.
“She was recovered at the University of Lagos shore-slip-way by a team of marine police attached there. She was confirmed dead by a team of UNILAG medical doctors in the presence of a police team from Sabo division,” the police spokesperson added.
The authorities have since transported her remains to the Infectious Disease Hospital Mortuary in Yaba.
“The body has been evacuated to I.D.H INFECTIOUS Disease Hospital Mortuary, Yaba, Lagos, for preservation.”
