A
28-year-old tricycle rider, Onu Kingsley,(pictured above) was
tragically killed by the driver of a Toyota Corolla, identified simply
as Kingsley. The driver allegedly dragged Onu on the road and crashed
his body against a hurdle.
According
to reports, Onu, an indigene of Enugu State, had alighted from his
tricycle, popularly called, Keke NAPEP, to complain that Kingsley hit
his motorcycle and injured one of his passengers.
The
driver reportedly ignored the deceased and made to drive off when Onu
pulled him by the shirt in a bid to stop him from escaping. The suspect
wound up his window glass with the deceased’s hand stuck, and raced down
the Apapa Road, dragging him on the road in the process.
A friend of the deceased, Emmanuel Esan, who spoke to Punch said they lived in the same room on Ilaje Street. He said:
“We
were together in the room that evening because we lived together. He
did not plan to go out that day, but because there was no electricity,
he decided to go out and make
some
money. I suddenly woke up around 12 midnight and didn’t see him by my
side. I decided to call his telephone line, but the person who picked it
said the owner of the phone had been injured in an accident and was at
the police station.”
He
said he never knew his friend had died until someone broke the news to
him while he was heading for the Iponri Police Station. Esan lamented
that Onu might not have died if he had been helped to the hospital on
time.
“I
learnt he was on the accident spot for over two hours before the police
arrived and took them to the station. He was asked to make statements,
together with the driver. It was on the way to the hospital that he
died,” he added
He
said Onu had only recently bought an application form to run a part
time academic programme at the Yaba College of Technology, when fate
struck.
Uncle
to the deceased, Mike Onu, said he brought him to Lagos 15 years ago.
He described him as a quiet, humble and hardworking boy, adding that the
incident was unfortunate.
“He
was working hard for his future when the incident happened. He has just
two brothers; one is in Sokoto, while the second is in Enugu. Since he
died, his body has been lying there at the Mainland General Hospital
mortuary. We have been waiting to hear from the family of the suspect,
but none of them has shown up. We believe the police will help us handle
the situation,” he added.
A family friend, Spurgeon Ataene, asked the police authorities to give the deceased justice. The legal practitioner said:
“The
circumstances under which a case can be regarded as a fatal motor
accident are clearly distinct from that of a case of murder. Murder is
with intent to kill ab initio. Here, the suspect was not even provoked.
He was the one who hit the passengers and was being confronted. He still
sped off, brushing Onu’s body on the concrete tars, peeling off his
flesh in the process and turning his body to piles of meat. This is a
clear case of murder and should be transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation Department.”
RIP kingsley
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