A 21-year-old man by the name of Odunare Olalekan in Lagos state jumped into the lagoon in the Epe axis of Lagos in an attempt to commit suicide.
This ugly incident took place on Tuesday morning, December 14, 2021, after family members tried to stop Olalekan from leaving the house.
The diploma holder who until the incident worked in an estate in the area, told his girlfriend to take good care of their 1-year-old baby before heading to the lagoon.
The young man was seen in a viral video sitting on the railings of the bridge, and later jumped in the water around Berger Bridge, Epe.
It was gathered that he left home, his family members tried to stop him after he strangely told them that he was going without explaining what he actually meant.
As disclosed by a family source who disclosed that, Olalekan, being physically powerful, overpowered all who tried to stop him from leaving home as they feared he was headed for doom.
The source said, “For some time now, Olalekan has been acting strangely. For more than a week, he could not sleep. He just woke up yesterday to say he was going. They asked him, ‘going where?’.
“They tried to hold him but he overpowered the people around because he was very powerful, maybe it was a spiritual attack. We could not ascertain that. He just woke up and said he was going and that they should pray for him.
“They held him but he overpowered them and went straight to his girlfriend’s house to tell her to take care of his child because they might not see each other again.”
Upon seeing the said video of how Olalekan took his own life, the elder brother alerted his father.
The source added, “He told their father that they should not bother looking for Lekan because he saw him on Berger bridge as he jumped into the lagoon and he must have died.”
When asked as to why the man who recorded the viral video did not make an attempt to save Olalekan, the source said, ” The guy was far away from him. He was about to hold him when he jumped inside the river. Nobody could hold him there except somebody who can swim.”
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