When
Teebillz shared his suicide note yesterday morning on IG while pouring
his heart out about the demise of his marriage to Tiwa Savage, many of
us thought/hoped he was just talking, but he wasn’t. Tunji ‘Teebillz’
Balogun tried to commit suicide this morning by jumping off the Lekki-
Ikoyi toll bridge and this is fact!
According to an eye-witness named
Chukwuma Ani, who witnessed the incident and was one of the men who
pulled Teebillz off the bridge, he told LIB exclusively that around past
9 this morning while driving on the Lekki-Ikoyi toll bridge, a car hit
his own from behind, damaging his car. He said he came out of the car
and approached the driver of the vehicle that hit his. He didn’t know
who the man was (it was Teebillz) but he said he berated him for hitting
his car and asked the man to come out and assess the damage caused to
his car. The man looked at him and told him to leave…that he was there
for a reason. That he was planning to commit suicide and Chukwuma Ani
would hear about it later…
Not
knowing who the guy was or understanding why he was talking suicide, Mr
Ani said he kept insisting that the driver must come down from his car
and see the damage he had caused to his car. He said he noticed alcohol
on the floor of the driver’s car so thought the man was drunk. He said
while shouting and berating the driver for hitting his car, the guy just
suddenly drove his car with speed to the front.
Ani said he got into his own car and
gave chase and was surprised to see the driver of the car parking his
car in the middle of the bridge as other cars drove past. He said he
parked in front of the driver and approached the man again, telling him
that he couldn’t even apologize for hitting his car and was instead
trying to drive off. He said as he was berating the man, he (Teebillz)
got down from his car and walked to the bridge railing.
He said he stood there wondering what
the driver was trying to do and it was at that point that two other cars
approached them. He said as he was trying to figure out who the new
comers were, Teebillz had moved to the bridge railing and was trying to
jump. Mr. Ani said a light skinned guy came out from the first car and
began running towards Teebillz screaming and that was when he realized
what was going on..
“I THOUGHT I WAS WATCHING A MOVIE” ANI TOLD LIB “THE MAN HELD THE RAILING AND TRIED TO JUMP OVER IT AND THAT WAS WHEN THE YELLOW MAN HELD HIM AND STARTED SHOUTING FOR HELP. THE TWO OF THEM NEARLY FELL INTO THE WATER. I QUICKLY JOINED THE YELLOW MAN TO PULL THE GUY OUT AND WHILE WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH HIM, ONE PSQUARE TWIN (PETER OKOYE) AND BANKY W JOINED US TO PULL THE MAN OUT ” ANI SAID
LIB called Peter Okoye to confirm he was
there but he refused to say anything “Even if I was there, I can’t say
anything about it” he said.
We hear Teebillz is doing okay now and
is surrounded by family and friends. People need to take depression
seriously in Nigeria – a lot of people are so depressed and struggling
and don’t usually have anywhere to turn to for help. Let’s always lend a
helping hand. Hope Teebillz gets better.
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