A 30-year-old man who reportedly tried to take his own life fell off from a flyover in Upper Iweka, Onitsha on Saturday, April 11.
Residents in the area alleged that the man, whose identity is yet to be released by the police, made the attempt over the fear of the lockdown by the state government, The Nation reports.
One of the residents who spoke with journalists on the development said: “They said the man just tried to kill himself by jumping from the Upper Iweka Flyover immediately he had news of total lockdown by the Anambra state government today.”
However, the reports that the said individual tried to kill himself have been dismissed by the police command in the area.
In his reaction to the report, the police spokesman in the state, Haruna Mohammed, said that the man only fell off the flying when he missed his step while walking.
Mohammed noted that the man has been rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention and that he is responding positively to treatment.
He mentioned that the police have begun an investigation into what truly led to the incident.
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