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•Adetutu
| The Daily Crucible | Saturday, November 12, 2022
Distraught lady who plunged into Lagos Lagoon Thursday afternoon has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun and an operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The Daily Crucible gathered that she is an unarmed combat instructor and had represented the Secret Police in an external competition abroad.
It was learnt that Adetutu’s father had worked with the DSS and that she merely followed the career path of her Dad.
It wa learnt further that few months ago, the operative who is in her late 30s, received a letter of commendation from the Director General of DSS as the best-unarmed combat operative in her set.
The victim’s fiance was also reported to have proposed to her a few weeks ago.
She had alighted from a Uber taxi car on the bridge and plunged into the lagoon Thursday afternoon. The driver of the taxi claimed she was having a heated conversation with her fiance before alighting from the car.
Following the incident, the LRT, Men of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), and officials of the DSS swung into action in search of her.
•Search and Rescue operation has been launched since.
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a fresh confirmation on Friday, also said that the search and rescue team is still on the water trying to locate the body.
