Lady Who Plunged Into Lagos Lagoon Identified As DSS Staff

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The lady who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon Thursday afternoon has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun, a staff of the Department of State Services (DSS)

Sources in the office revealed that she was an unarmed combat instructor who stepped into the working shoes of her parent who both worked with the plain cloth service.

The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu in a fresh confirmation on Friday, claims that the search and rescue team is still on the water trying to locate the body.

Just a few months ago, Adedokun who is in her late 30s, received a letter of commendation front the Director General of DSS as the best-unarmed combat operative in her set.

The victim’s fiance was also reported to have proposed to her a few weeks ago. She had alighted from a Uber taxi car on the bridge and plunged into the lagoon Thursday afternoon. The driver of the taxi claimed she was having a heated conversation with her fiance before alighting from the car.

Shortly after the incident, the LRT, Men of Lagos State fire and rescue service, LASWA, and officials of the DSS swung into action, in search of the victim.