The lady who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon Thursday on afternoon has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun, a staff of the Department of State Services (DSS).

According to reports, she was an unarmed combat instructor who stepped into the working shoes of her parents who worked with the plain cloth service.

It was gathered that a few months ago, Adedokun who was 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.

Thelagostimes had earlier reported that Adetutu alighted from a Uber taxi car on the bridge and plunged into the lagoon on Thursday afternoon. The driver of the taxi claimed she was having a heated conversation with her fiance before alighting from the car.

Shortly after 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 the victim.

Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a fresh confirmation on Friday, said that the search and rescue team is still on the water trying to locate the body.