The patrol team of FRSC Idah today rescued a man who was trying to commit suicide by hanging himself on a tree.
While on routine patrol, a team of FRSC officials from Idah were informed by an okada rider that an unidentified man was attempting to take his life by hanging on a tree.
The team, immediately rushed to the location inside a bush to rescue him. The patrol team found the man in an unconscious state.
The FRSC patrol team immediately rushed to bring him down from the tree and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on him and he regained consciousness.
During the CPR, the police were contacted and they met the FRSC team at the scene while administering the CPR.
When asked why he wanted to commit suicide, he said; “The hardship is too much for me and I can’t cope than to hang myself. For the past two years I have not taken a kobo after wasting all my money going to Lokoja for screening”
He identified himself as Agada Opanachi, a staff of the Ministry of Agric.
