Man Jumps Off Bridge In Suspected Suicide Attempt In Delta

A man has attempted to take his life by jumping off the Koka flyover along the Benin-Asaba-Onitsha expressway in Delta State.

The middle-aged man, identified as Gideon, suspected to be a lunatic, landed flat on the tarred road after jumping from the bridge before sympathisers rushed to save him.

The incident occured on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State capital.

Narrating his ordeal, Gideon claimed that he was a student of Holy Union Secondary School in far away Jerusalem.

“He was unable to walk, we were the ones that carried him here. After some moments people came and bought him food, that was when he got some strength to stand up.

ALSO READ: Tinubu To Inaugurate Rumuola-Rumuokwuta Flyover, Magistrates Court Building —Wike

“He was lying flat on the road and when we asked him what the problem was, he was unable to speak.

“I was watching him directly wondering why someone would jump down from the bridge, whether it was frustration or he is abnormal”.

A female sympathiser who also spoke to reporters, said: “I saw people gathered him and I came to see what was happening. I bought snacks and Maltina for him to eat and drink so he could have the strength to explain what really happened to him.

“I questioned him, he said he is from Nazareth, behind Galilee in Israel. He said he hung on the plane that someone wanted to help him but the person asked him to return but he decided to come through stowaway to Nigeria.”

SUN NEWS ONLINE