The search for a woman who allegedly dived into the Lagos Lagoon on Sunday has been intensified.
It was gathered that officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and Marine Police, supported by local divers, had been looking for the yet-to-be identified victim in the lagoon.
It was learnt that the woman had around 5pm plunged into the lagoon after coming down from a cab.
Some motorists had initially said a Ford Explorer SUV left on the Third Mainland Bridge was owned by the victim.
However, investigations by rescue workers showed that the vehicle was owned by a first responder.
A source said, “The vehicle at the scene of the incident did not belong to the woman who jumped into the lagoon. Actually, the woman boarded a separate cab to the scene before jumping into the lagoon around 5pm on Sunday. The driver of the SUV saw her and tried to rescue her, but he could not.”
The LASEMA General Manager, Adesina Tiyamiyu, said, “We can state categorically that the owner of the Ford Explorer was not the one who jumped into the Lagoon. We have spoken to the man and his wife and they are both hale and hearty. However, the man, who drove the vehicle, confirmed that he saw a woman plunge into the Lagoon. So, efforts are ongoing to recover her body. It will be premature to say anything further on the case.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, told our correspondent that policemen had been deployed in the area.
He said, “No official report was made on the matter. It is best described as the news making the rounds. We decided to send our men to join the rescue effort because we don’t want to leave anything to chances.”
Although no one had yet to ascertain the identity of the woman, the social media was awash with reports that the victim was a housewife who allegedly got caught up in a web of extra-marital affair which broke up her home.
The police, however, insisted that the identity of the victim had yet to be ascertained because no one had come forward to report the matter or identify her.
“We have yet to hear from anybody, so we cannot tell who she was,” the police spokesperson, Oti, said.
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