Residents around Osun River at Gbodofon, via Aregbe area of Osogbo, the capital of Osun, were reportedly stunned when a female teenager deliberately plunged into the water, after alighting from a motorcycle, popularly known as okada .
The young girl, whose identity is yet to be ascertained was said to have after receiving a phone call, causing a gridlock around the bridge as motorists and passersby milled around the area.
According to The Nation, Olaide Mosunmola, an eyewitness as saying: “The lady who jumped into the river is a teenager. She alighted from a motorcycle after receiving a call. She put the phone inside her purse, then jumped into the river.
“A passerby who saw her jump into the river quickly alerted the state fire service. We didn’t know what happened to her, we were just looking at her from a distance, receiving a call. All efforts to rescue her proved abortive. They couldn’t find her body, maybe due to the water level in the river.”
Another witness, Alabi Grace said: “She was receiving a phone call when she dropped from the motorcycle and jumped into the river, the current moved her to the other side. We were seeing her head but no one can jump into the river because of the water level. Unfortunately before operatives of the fire service arrived she had disappeared and they could not jump in as well.”