A 39-year-old man, Mr. Christian
Innocent, has been arrested for allegedly killing a cyclist while squabbling
over who has the right of way on the highway at Surulere area of Lagos State.
The deceased, Aniete Bassey, was
said to have died following Innocent’s attack on him with a spanner.
Bassey was rushed to Randle Hospital
Surulere, where he was confirmed dead. Innocent, who left the scene of the
attack after shattering Bassey’s head with a spanner, was traced to his
apartment, where he was arrested.
The Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, while confirming the incident explained
that on August 11, at about 9:30pm, the Surulere Police Station, received a
distress call from Randle Hospital Surulere, that Bassay, a tricycle operator,
was brought to the hospital with a broken head, in a pool of his own
blood, died on arrival.
Elkana said: “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. During the scuffle, the driver of the jeep brought
out a wheel spanner from his car and hit the deceased twice on the head. The jeep driver drove to unknown destination,
immediately after the incident. After a thorough and painstaking examination of
available traces, the jeep driver was identified as Christian Innocent of No 28
James Robertson Surulere.
“He was arrested by a team of
detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Surulere
Police Station, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Jimoh Jabaje, on August
12, 2019. He confessed to have engaged
the deceased person in a fight over the right of way. He said that they used
vulgar words on each other, arguing over, who had right of way. Both of them
also accused each other of driving recklessly.”
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