FRSC patrol team rescued a man who attempted suicide, by hanging himself, yesterday morning in the Idah area of Kogi State.
It was reported that the FRSC officials while on a routine patrol, were informed by a commercial motorcyclist that an unidentified man was attempting to take his life by hanging from a tree.
The officials, immediately rushed to the location inside a bush to rescue him.
The team found the man in an unconscious state still hanging from the tree.
The man was immediately brought down from the tree and the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was carried out on him before he could regain consciousness.
During the CPR, the police were contacted and they met the FRSC team at the scene while they were in the process of performing the CPR on him.
The police immediately got curious over the reasons behind his actions and wasted no time in asking him why he had attempted suicide.
The man, who identified himself as Agada Opanachi, a staff of the Ministry of Agriculture had this to say:
“The hardship is too much for me and I can’t cope than to hang myself. For the past two year I have not taken a kobo after wasted all my money for screening in Lokoja.”
