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.
It
was 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.”
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 said that the only
way the man could have survived electrocution was because there was no
electricity in the wires.
On
a visit to 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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