Pascal Arogorn Ibe
A 67-year – old man, Abraham Olayinka, has been rescued after jumping into Asa River on Abdulwahab Folawiyo, Unity Road, Ilorin, Kwara State .
PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred around 11. 30am on Monday .
Traders within the vicinity , who saw him jump into the river , reportedly drew the attention of security men around the area to the incident .
Our correspondent learnt that a commercial motorcyclist , Mohammad Abubakar , in response to the call for help , jumped into the river together with some fishermen .
They were said to have rescued the victim from the river .
The Head of Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service , Hassan Adekunle, who said the victim was rescued before firemen arrived at the scene, said Olayinka was unstable when he was first brought out from the water .
He , however , said the sexagenarian was revived and taken to a hospital where he was stabilised.
Adekunle said the victim refused to state the reason for attempting suicide despite the pressure mounted on him by the fire service .
However, PUNCH Metro gathered from some residents that Olayinka recently lamented about losing N 30, 000 to some thieves and that the money belonged to a friend .
The commercial motorcyclist who rescued him , Abubakar , said , “ I was riding along this area when I saw people gathering around the river bridge. I decided to stop to see what was actually going on , and I was told the old man jumped into the river and there was nobody to help him .
“ When I discovered that the old man was still breathing, I waited for a moment to get police permission to rescue him and I immediately jumped into the river . ”
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