Apparently, the bizarre incident took place at Powerline Street, near Calvary Bus Stop in the Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Still unidentified, the man wandered around the vicinity in the early hours of the day before stopping at the foot of the tower at about 2pm on Friday afternoon.
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. Local resident 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.
Mr Oyebola said: “He was not mad at all. He was coherent when he talked except for some vague statements he made and it appeared he had a mission and it was to kill himself for some unknown reasons.”
Also, local 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.
When the man climbed the pole, the incident attracted a crowd of onlookers and some of them had to climb the tower to see if they could get him down. One community leader in the area, Alao Salami, said when he sensed that the man was not ready to disembark from the tower and after about three hours he had to alert the police at the Idimu Police Station.
An official with an electricity distribution firm said that the only way the man could have survived electrocution was because there was no electricity in the wires. It is believed the Idimu Police Divisional Headquarters, are now investigating the matter.
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