A young fellow, clearly on a suicide mission, set himself on fire in the Omole Phase 1 region of Ojodu, Lagos, after supposedly asserting he was sick of life because of hardship in Nigeria.
He was kept from executing himself in the process by individuals around the scene, as they immediately poured water on him to extinguish the fire. In any case,
Concise News discovered that the fire had done what's necessary harm before it was put out.
Then, the man, accepted to be in his 20s, is being dealt with at the Lagos State Emergency Center, 7-Up zone. This was affirmed by the Lagos State Police Command.
As indicated by an observer, the man was seen with a gallon of oil and lighter. He began describing how Nigerians were experiencing hardship.
"I saw a young fellow in his 20s; he was equipped with a gallon of fuel. He was yelling over his voice saying that he was sick of life. He described how he had been running from one individual to other for help and everybody was stating things were troublesome. He advised individuals who minded to listen that the nation was under a spell that can't be purified," an observer revealed to The Sun.
"He said there was no desire and future for the young, he could never again bear the 'misery and-grinning' disorder and misrepresentation appeared by a great many people. He undermined to execute himself, however individuals thought he was making void dangers. He poured the fluid on his body and drew out a lighter.
He touched off flame on his body and he was consuming. We began pouring water on him, however the fire had done what's necessary harm before we put it out. We called the police who went to the scene and picked the man who was oblivious by at that point. We don't have the foggiest idea about the man and where he originated from."
Affirming the occurrence, representative for the police in the state, CSP Chike Oti, said the man was as yet oblivious as he got severely charred areas.
Oti stated: "it is a suicide endeavor as individuals saw him set himself on fire. It was not the typical wilderness equity by a swarm.
"He was simply the individual who arranged how to execute himself. The CP has requested the DPO to explore and discover who the man is and why he chose to take his life in a most anguishing way.
We likewise approach individuals from general society who are searching for their missing relations to contact the Ojodu Police Station of the PPRO's office to determine who the man is."