Reports says the mother of Dr. Allwell Orji, who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge, claimed that the recovered body by marine policemen was not that of her child (son).
The Zone 2 Police Command spokesperson, SP Dolapo Badmos stated that: “The mother has come to identify the body recovered, but she said the deceased was not her son.”
It was earlier reported that the corpse of Allwell Orji, a medical doctor, who jumped into the lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge had been recovered from the Lagoon by marine policemen.
Speaking to The Punch, a police source said that Allwell’s mother had been reached to come for the identification of the corpse.
The Source said: “The body of the doctor was found at about 11.30am. We want to be double sure and his parent has been called to come and identify the body.”
The Lagos State Police Command has however withdrew its statement that the body of Dr. Allwell Orji who jumped into the Lagos lagoon on Sunday evening had been recovered.
Reports from Channels Television says, the Lagos state commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni had established that the corpse belongs to the medical doctor.
He said the corpse was found by the Marine Police at the Onikan end of the lagoon.
If the body recovered belongs to Dr. Orji’s, it means it took three days to recover the corpse after the incident occurred.
Before his death, the late doctor worked at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Surulere, Lagos state.
He was alleged to be on his way to Victoria Island for a meeting with the Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria when the incident occurred.
Recall that the deceased on Sunday, March 19, 2017 asked his driver to pullover before jumping across the bridge and into the Lagoon.
In a statement released by the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA), there was a distress call of a man who parked his grey coloured Nissan SUV around 4.50 pm around Adekunle and jumped into the Lagos lagoon.
LASEMA said the vehicle and the driver had been moved to Adeniji Adele Police Station for more investigation.
According to his neighbours, the doctor had made several attempts to take his live four years ago, at the family’s two story building situated on Odunukan street, Ebute-Ejigbo, Yaba area of Lagos. But, during all those previous incidents, his neighbours were his rescuers.
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