A pregnant woman and her to two children as well as a commercial tricycle operator popularly called Keke Napep have met their tragic end in the hands of policemen attached to Lagos Police Command and Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) driver in Okota axis of the state.
Sources reports that according to eye witness report, the four persons were said to have died inside the Keke Napep when a policeman deployed to Okota Police Station was said to have allegedly draged the steering wheel with the Toyota Sienna driver on Bayo Oyewole street, Ago Palace way.
The accident was said to have occurred at about 9am on Tuesday, attracting condemnation from residents especially to youths, who have set up burn fire and intended to set the police station ablaze, in order to express their grievances over the development.
As learnt, the accident occurred after two policemen allegedly flagged down the driver along the road for violating a traffic law, an order that the driver was said to have complied with.
In an attempt to allegedly evade arrest, the driver reportedly made to zoom off but one of the officials, who sat on the passenger seat inside the vehicle, pounced on his steering wheel, to stop the vehicle and move it to their off.
This online news medium gathered that as they were struggling the steering wheel with each other, the driver lost control of the vehicle and it rammed into tricycle which the pregnant woman and the three others board to their destination.
An eyewitness, Ibrahim Sulaymon, narrated that aside from the deceased passengers, the policeman that struggled the steering with the driver sustained varying degrees of injuries during the auto crash.
He added that after the incident occurred, the other policemen left the axis immediately to avert attack from residents who became aggrieved following their consistent complaint over the policemen excesses within their communities.
Another eyewitness added: “Something happened at my area this morning. A driver was arrested by the police, one of them got into his car, while the others followed, on the way to the station, at the okota roundabout, the driver decided to play a fast one and diverted to ago palace way.
“While in motion, the police man and driver began to contest for the steering wheel. Eventually they both lost control and the car hit a tricycle (keke). In the tricycle, A woman with her two kids and the rider. All of them died. May their soul Rest In Peace.
“Now passerby begin to deliberate on the issue and everyone pointed blames at the police for not effectively carrying out their duties thus endangering lives in the process”.
