Okada rider falls off bridge

Juliana Francis

The remains of Tochukwu Odoh have been deposited by policemen attached to Ijora Badia Police Station at the Apapa General Hospital mortuary, Lagos State.

Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide who confirmed the death of Odoh, said  another ghastly accident also occurred at Ikotun area of Lagos State, where a commercial bus knocked down two pedestrians, killing one and inflicting the second victims with life threatening wounds.

 She explained that on February, 7, 2014, at about 8pm, there was a report at Ijora Badia Police Station that an unregistered Honda motorcycle, ridden by one Tochukwu Odoh of Coast Street, Ebute-Metta fell off the bridge into 7up Bottling Company Plc, Ijora premises.

The victim died on the spot and the corpse deposited at Apapa General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.

Narrating how the second accident occurred at Ikotun, Braide said: “On February 7, 2014 , there was a report at Ikotun Police Station that at Wazobia Bus Stop Okerube, Ikotun, a commercial vehicle with registration number, XT 793 EKY, driven by one 32-year-old Ikechukwu Kenneth, hit two pedestrians later identified as Ezekiel Olaloye, 20-year-old and David Olaloye, 18-year-old. Both victims were rushed to a nearby hospital in Ikotun, where one of them, Ezekiel Olaloye later died. The corpse has been moved to Isolo General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.”