Policeman dies arresting Danfo driver in Lagos

LAGOS—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.

na money way he want go take from bus driver abi?
jah jah ,fire burn

Na #50 kill d policeman

We nigeria too like money but policemen they are wost

RIP

RIP