By Abimbola Ogunnaike
It what seems to be a premeditated suicide plan, the Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it found bottle of sniper, drugs and hospital card in a nylon left behind a woman identified as Folashade Nimotalahi, who boarded a boat from Igando in Lagos State to a community in Ogun State but jumped into the river from the moving boat.
The command also disclosed that it has commenced search for the corpse of the woman.
The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development to newsmen on the evening of Sunday, 10 March, 2024.
Hundeyin, who said the rescue teams were already searching for the woman’s corpse, added that one Rasaq reported the case to the Igando Police Division on Sunday, 10 March, 2024 at about 8:00 am.
Rasaq said that at about 10:00 pm on Saturday, 9 March, 2024, one Folashade Nimotalahi, of yet to be known address, boarded a boat from their Isuti Jet, Isuti Road, Igando in Lagos, going to Totowu community in Ogun State.
“They were 12 passengers on board. Suddenly, the woman removed the life jacket she was wearing and jumped into the river.
“She left behind one nylon bag containing a bottle of sniper, Alimosho General Hospital cards and some drugs,” the spokesperson quoted Rasaq as saying in his report.
The PPRO said that detectives from the division immediately visited the scene of the incident.
He added that a search party had been contacted to recover the corpse, while investigation was ongoing as they made efforts to contact the family.
