A suspected robber was crushed to
death by a truck at the Ojo Lowo bus stop in the Ijanikin area of Lagos
State, while allegedly attacking some bus passengers.
the
suspect, whose name had yet to be ascertained, along with other
hoodlums, had at about 10.30pm on Friday stood at the bus stop to waylay
bus passengers.
It was learnt that an oncoming truck crushed one of the hoodlums and he died on the spot.
Apart from the deceased, another
hoodlum, identified as Bassey Eyo, was arrested by the police while
other members of the gang fled the scene.
A police source told our correspondent that 22-year-old Eyo and his gang members were notorious in the area for traffic robbery.
He said, “It was a distress call from
the affected motorists that alerted the police to the robbery operation.
When the hoodlums sighted the police patrol, they fled, and one of them
was knocked down by the truck. His corpse has been deposited in the
Badagry General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.”
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