The Lagos State Police command has arrested a 39 year old man identified as Christian Innocent of No. 28 James Robertson Surulere, Lagos for allegedly killing one Aniete Bassey, a tricycle operator over right of way.
The spokesman of the command, DSP Bala Elkana who disclosed this to newsmen in a statement in Lagos yesterday said that the Surulere Police Station, at about 9.30pm on 11th August, 2019, received a distress call from Randle Hospital Surulere, that the victim was brought to the hospital with a broken head in the pool of his own blood but died on arrival.
Elkana observed that information gathered by Homicide detectives revealed that the deceased person and a yet to be identified person in a Jeep had a misunderstanding on a major road along Akerele Street, Surulere by Falolu.
He noted that during the scuffle, the driver of the Jeep brought out a wheel spanner from his car and hit the deceased person twice on the head and thereafter drove to unknown destination.
“After a thorough and painstaking examination of available traces, the Jeep driver was identified as Christian Innocent ‘m’ 39 years old of No 28 James Robertson Surulere and arrested by a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer Surulere, CSP Jimoh Jabaje on 12th August, 2019.
“He confessed to have engaged the deceased person in a fight over the right of way. That there was a vulgar abuse between him and the keke rider over who among them have the right of way as they both accused each other of rough driving. But there was no crash between the Jeep and the Keke. Suspect will be charged to Court”, he submitted.
Photo: The deceased tricycle operator, Aniete Bassey.
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