Man attempts to commit suicide in Lagos, over hardship

In the early hours of Monday, Baba Nuru—father—a Nuru's man in his 50s who went by the name of Nuru—attempted suicide in Lagos State.

The incident took place in a neighborhood along the Bogije-Lakowe axis close to the Ajah district, according to an eyewitness who arrived on the scene after he was saved.

The citizen narrated how the man complained of hardship and hopelessness since things went bad for him in the past year.

After the car he and his coworkers were using to move goods inside and outside the state broke down, things became worse.

After the car he and his coworkers were using to move goods inside and outside the state broke down, things became worse.

Students on their way to class raised the alarm about seeing a man on a high-tension wire trying to end it all. This is when the drama began.

Residents were drawn to the ruckus of the students and hurried to see a student climbing the wire to the dangerous power equipment.

“I heard it was around 5:30 – 6 a.m. when the children screamed. People came out and begged the man to come down,” the witness told the DAILY POST Monday evening.

“The area boys around the place stated that begging the man won’t solve the situation as he appears determined. They stoned him with sticks and other objects.

“The man fell but was not really injured. He said his landlord threw out his belongings after months of inability to pay rent; that the wife left him some weeks ago with their three children.”

Asked to describe the dejected man, the witness replied “He looks like someone between 50 and 55 years old. He wore a white singlet and boxers. They called him Baba Nuru.”

The individual was reportedly requested to be transferred to Elemoro Police Station under Area J Command by some locals, while a psychiatric hospital was suggested by others.

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