In what is seemingly becoming a trend, an elderly woman tried to jump into the Lagos lagoon today, but her suicide attempt was foiled.
According to her, she contemplated taking her life because she is owing a Microfinance Bank the amount of One hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150,000).
The woman reportedly went to the scene of the aborted suicide with her house help, in the hope that after the deed, there would be someone to tell her story.
Fatai Owoseni, the Lagos police commissioner in responding to this issue on TVC (Television Continental) said he would increase patrol in the lagoon axis.
The commissioner also confirmed that the woman would receive Psychiatric evaluation, and the police would pay the woman’s debt, after they confirm her story.
There seems to be an alarming rise in suicide incidents, particularly in Lagos state. Just last weekend, a cardiologist jumped into the Lagos Lagoon, off the third mainland bridge.
