You might have come across photos of a Nigerian woman who lives in Texas that has been circulating online as the woman who jumped into the lagoon beneath Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday.
The woman, named Toyin, has now refuted the rumours by sharing recent photos of herself via her Instagram account. She captioned he photo:
“Am alive, and I will live long on earth.”
After the video of people asking for the owner of a jeep circulated on Whatsapp, a Facebook user claimed the woman had jumped into Third Mainland Bridge because her husband found out about an affair she was carrying out with a Nigerian-based man and when he did a DNA test on all three of his kids he found out none was his.
Below is the story that made the went viral
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) General Manager, Adesina Tiamiyu, says the agency is yet to receive any concrete information regarding the incident making the round on social media. Tiamiyu said that anybody with useful information of any missing person should report to the nearest police station or any office of the agency.
He also said the owner of the Ford Explorer Sports Utility Van (SUV) trending on the social media had nothing to do with the incident. The owner of the car and his wife were just there to help.
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