Oh
dear, Nigerians are going through a lot. I know one day, these stories will be
over.
Tragedy
was averted in Lagos on Friday when an unidentified man mounted an electricity
transmission tower.
The
incident occurred at Powerline Street, Calvary Bus Stop in Egbe-Idimu Local
Council Development Area.
A
Punch correspondent gathered that the man wandered around the vicinity in the early
hours of the day before stopping at the foot of the tower at about 2pm.
Eyewitnesses
said he removed some totems tied to the tower by a vigilance group and mounted
it to the top despite warnings from residents and passers-by.
A
resident, Mr. Kazeem Oyebola, who said the man did not look like a mentally
challenged person, added that his responses showed he was on a suicide mission.
He
stated, “He was not mad at all. He was coherent when he talked except for some
vague statements he made. He had a mission and it was to kill himself for some
unknown reasons.”
Also,
a yam seller in the area who identified herself as Iya Bose said she was scared
when the man in his late thirties climbed the tower.
Another
resident, identified as Odunayo, who sells alcoholic drinks in the area, said
the man covered himself with a wrapper.
She
added that many felt the tower climber wanted cheap publicity or had an
intention to “carry out a diabolical assignment particularly as he wore red
knickers.”
We learnt that the incident attracted a crowd and some of them had
to climb the tower to see if they could get him down.
A
community leader in the area, Mr. Alao Salami, said when he sensed that the man
was not ready to disembark from the tower after about three hours he had to
alert the police at the Idimu Police Station.
An
official with an electricity distribution firm who did not want his name in
print told Sunday Punch that the only way the man could have survived
electrocution was because there was no electricity in the wires.
When
our correspondent visited Idimu Police Divisional Headquarters, the Divisional
Police Officer, Mr. James Sonekan, refused to comment on the matter.
He
said he was not authorised to make an official statement on the matter.
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