A police officer attached to Orile
Division died in a motor accident opposite Fatgbems Filling Station, along
Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at about 9a.m., yesterday.
It was learned that the deceased,
while attempting to apprehend a commercial bus (Danfo) driver, who was picking
up passengers along the road, jumped into the moving bus with number plates
KJA305XL.
The bus sped off, while trying to
escape, and hit another car with number plates LND340DF. The sudden stop made
the policeman, who was hanging on the bus, to fall.
An eyewitness told Vanguard that as
the cop fell, a trailer ran over him, killing him instantly, as the commercial
bus driver and his conductor took to their heels, abandoning the vehicle.
Vanguard gathered
that the driver of the car, which the bus driver hit, was travelling for his
father’s burial when he incident occurred.
Operatives of Federal Road Safety
Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, and policemen from
Trinity and Orile Divisions were there to ensure free flow of traffic as
onlookers besieged the area.
A passenger’s tale
A passenger in the bus, Rotimi Baki,
said: “The policeman jumped into the commercial bus while the bus was moving
and picking passengers at the bus stop.
“All of a sudden, the commercial bus
driver braked and the policeman fell off and a truck coming from behind hit
him. The vehicle in front of the commercial bus had stopped. So the bus driver
did same.”
One of the police officers, Sergeant
Samuel, from Trinity Divisional Police Station harassed, dragged and seized
Vanguard reporter’s mobile phone, accusing her of celebrating the death of his
colleague.
All pleas to get back the phone fell
on deaf ears as the officers kept shouting ‘I will deal with you. Who gave you
authority to take pictures? You must come to our office’.
When she eventually got to their
office, the Divisional Police Officer called the officer, who seized the phone,
and returned it to the reporter.
Later, officers from the Trinity
Police Division took the corpse of the Policemen to Orile Police Station and
later to Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba.
A
police officer attached to Orile Division died in a motor accident
opposite Fatgbems Filling Station, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at
about 9a.m., yesterday.
It was learned that the deceased, while attempting to apprehend a commercial bus (Danfo) driver, who was picking up passengers along the road, jumped into the moving bus with number plates KJA305XL.
The bus sped off, while trying to escape, and hit another car with number plates LND340DF. The sudden stop made the policeman, who was hanging on the bus, to fall.
An eyewitness told Vanguard that as the cop fell, a trailer ran over him, killing him instantly, as the commercial bus driver and his conductor took to their heels, abandoning the vehicle.
Vanguard gathered that the driver of the car, which the bus driver hit, was travelling for his father’s burial when he incident occurred.
Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, and policemen from Trinity and Orile Divisions were there to ensure free flow of traffic as onlookers besieged the area.
A passenger’s tale
It was learned that the deceased, while attempting to apprehend a commercial bus (Danfo) driver, who was picking up passengers along the road, jumped into the moving bus with number plates KJA305XL.
The bus sped off, while trying to escape, and hit another car with number plates LND340DF. The sudden stop made the policeman, who was hanging on the bus, to fall.
An eyewitness told Vanguard that as the cop fell, a trailer ran over him, killing him instantly, as the commercial bus driver and his conductor took to their heels, abandoning the vehicle.
Vanguard gathered that the driver of the car, which the bus driver hit, was travelling for his father’s burial when he incident occurred.
Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, and policemen from Trinity and Orile Divisions were there to ensure free flow of traffic as onlookers besieged the area.
A passenger’s tale
A passenger in the bus, Rotimi Baki, said: “The policeman jumped into the commercial bus while the bus was moving and picking passengers at the bus stop.- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/08/26/policeman-dies-while-trying-to-arrest-danfo-driver-in-lagos/#sthash.HU0qx2bE.dpuf
“All of a sudden, the commercial bus driver braked and the policeman fell off and a truck coming from behind hit him. The vehicle in front of the commercial bus had stopped. So the bus driver did same.”
One of the police officers, Sergeant Samuel, from Trinity Divisional Police Station harassed, dragged and seized Vanguard reporter’s mobile phone, accusing her of celebrating the death of his colleague.
All pleas to get back the phone fell on deaf ears as the officers kept shouting ‘I will deal with you. Who gave you authority to take pictures? You must come to our office’.
When she eventually got to their office, the Divisional Police Officer called the officer, who seized the phone, and returned it to the reporter.
Later, officers from the Trinity Police Division took the corpse of the Policemen to Orile Police Station and later to Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba.
A police officer attached to Orile
Division died in a motor accident opposite Fatgbems Filling Station, along
Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at about 9a.m., yesterday.
It was learned that the deceased,
while attempting to apprehend a commercial bus (Danfo) driver, who was picking
up passengers along the road, jumped into the moving bus with number plates
KJA305XL.
The bus sped off, while trying to
escape, and hit another car with number plates LND340DF. The sudden stop made
the policeman, who was hanging on the bus, to fall.
An eyewitness told Vanguard that as
the cop fell, a trailer ran over him, killing him instantly, as the commercial
bus driver and his conductor took to their heels, abandoning the vehicle.
Vanguard gathered
that the driver of the car, which the bus driver hit, was travelling for his
father’s burial when he incident occurred.
Operatives of Federal Road Safety
Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, and policemen from
Trinity and Orile Divisions were there to ensure free flow of traffic as
onlookers besieged the area.
A passenger’s tale
A passenger in the bus, Rotimi Baki,
said: “The policeman jumped into the commercial bus while the bus was moving
and picking passengers at the bus stop.
“All of a sudden, the commercial bus
driver braked and the policeman fell off and a truck coming from behind hit
him. The vehicle in front of the commercial bus had stopped. So the bus driver
did same.”
One of the police officers, Sergeant
Samuel, from Trinity Divisional Police Station harassed, dragged and seized
Vanguard reporter’s mobile phone, accusing her of celebrating the death of his
colleague.
All pleas to get back the phone fell
on deaf ears as the officers kept shouting ‘I will deal with you. Who gave you
authority to take pictures? You must come to our office’.
When she eventually got to their
office, the Divisional Police Officer called the officer, who seized the phone,
and returned it to the reporter.
Later, officers from the Trinity
Police Division took the corpse of the Policemen to Orile Police Station and
later to Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba.
A police officer attached to Orile Division died in a motor accident opposite Fatgbems Filling Station, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at about 9a.m., yesterday.
It was learned that the deceased, while attempting to apprehend a commercial bus (Danfo) driver, who was picking up passengers along the road, jumped into the moving bus with number plates KJA305XL.
The bus sped off, while trying to escape, and hit another car with number plates LND340DF. The sudden stop made the policeman, who was hanging on the bus, to fall.
An eyewitness told Vanguard that as the cop fell, a trailer ran over him, killing him instantly, as the commercial bus driver and his conductor took to their heels, abandoning the vehicle.
Vanguard gathered that the driver of the car, which the bus driver hit, was travelling for his father’s burial when he incident occurred.
Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, and policemen from Trinity and Orile Divisions were there to ensure free flow of traffic as onlookers besieged the area.
A passenger’s tale
A passenger in the bus, Rotimi Baki, said: “The policeman jumped into the commercial bus while the bus was moving and picking passengers at the bus stop.- See more at: http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2015/08/26/policeman-dies-while-trying-to-arrest-danfo-driver-in-lagos/#sthash.HU0qx2bE.dpuf
“All of a sudden, the commercial bus driver braked and the policeman fell off and a truck coming from behind hit him. The vehicle in front of the commercial bus had stopped. So the bus driver did same.”
One of the police officers, Sergeant Samuel, from Trinity Divisional Police Station harassed, dragged and seized Vanguard reporter’s mobile phone, accusing her of celebrating the death of his colleague.
All pleas to get back the phone fell on deaf ears as the officers kept shouting ‘I will deal with you. Who gave you authority to take pictures? You must come to our office’.
When she eventually got to their office, the Divisional Police Officer called the officer, who seized the phone, and returned it to the reporter.
Later, officers from the Trinity Police Division took the corpse of the Policemen to Orile Police Station and later to Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba.
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