Rescue efforts ongoing (picture credit score: Vanguard)
The supposed boyfriend of the girl who allegedly dedicated suicide by leaping into the Lagoon from third Mainland Bridge has been arrested.
The man was nabbed by the police following particulars of their relationship.
Famzn News reported that on Sunday, a girl drove a Ford Explorer SUV to the favored Lagos third Mainland Bridge, parked and got here out of the bridge earlier than taking a bounce into the lagoon.
One man recognized as Nick Sparkles claimed the deceased was married with three youngsters.
Sparkles claimed that previous to her dying, she was based mostly in Texas, United States and solely lately relocated to Nigeria.
He alleged that she acquired concerned with one other man in Nigeria who reportedly confisticated over N10 million from her.
Sparkles additional claimed that the deceased girl acquired him arrested however then, the man launched nude images of them collectively and handed it over to the police to show his innocence.
This alleged blackmail one way or the other discovered its strategy to the husband of the deceased, who was compelled to conduct a DNA take a look at on their three youngsters and consequence proved he was not their father.
These quite a few occasions pushed the deceased into committing suicide, Sparkles concluded.