By Babatunde Solanke
An unidentified young man has been prevented bystanders from committing suicide in the Lekki area of Lagos State on Wednesday
The video, which has gone viral on the internet, was shared by a social media platform, X user @victorhouston16 on Wednesday.
In the video, the man was seen attempting to hang himself using a noose tied to a banner hanging on a bridge.
According to report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) published in 2019, suicide cases in Nigeria have been on the upward trend.
In the report titled ‘‘Suicide in the World: Global Health Estimates’’, indicated that Nigeria has become one of the epicentres of suicide in the world, with a suicide estimate of 17.3 per 100,000.
The report of the world health agency added that this is higher than the global (10.5 per 100,000) and Africa (12.0 per 100,000) estimates.