A suspected thief, who cannot swim, escaped death by a whisker after he snatched her phone on Third Mainland Bridge and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon.

Abeke Mabawonku, who shared a video of the incident on Facebook, the incident happened in the afternoon on Friday, 15 February 2016.

The thief was alleged to have snatched the phone from one of the commutters who was stucked in traffic jam.

Mabawonku said the thief was rescued and the phone recovered from him.