[VIDEO] Man attempts suicide on Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge

On Wednesday morning, a young man attempted to jump from the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge in Lagos.

A viral video on social media showed Lekki Concession Centre patrol officers and other bystanders preventing the man from jumping off the bridge.

The patrol officers were seen attempting to motivate the apparently distraught man before handing him over to law enforcement officials.

The reasons for his attempted suicide remain unknown.