Alleged reckless driver causes death of father of four in Ibadan

Segun Showunmi in Ibadan

A pedestrian identified as Lekan, who is a father of four children has been killed by an alleged reckless driver in Samonda area of Ibadan, Oyo State Capital while others sustained serious injuries.

Penpushing reports that  an eyewitness, Mohammed Malik, said the Toyota Sienna LE Bus was seen seen from Aerodrome Estate and heading towards University of Ibadan (UI) road before the the driver lost control and hit the victim who was about to take a bike to his destination.

“The incident happened around 5:45pm, the Toyota Sienna LE Bus was seen highlighting from Aerodrome Estate and faced University of Ibadan (UI) road before the car hited the victim who was about to take a bike to his destination’, he said.

‘Four people were in the car when the incident happened, only the driver was arrested while other occupants fled for their lives when angry mob launched attack on them and later set the car ablaze’,he said

The witnessed added corpse was later taken away by men of the Nigerian Police Force, Sango Division, while the second victim (the bike man) who was critically injured has been taken to University College Hospital (UCH) for treatment as at the time of filing this report.

Penpushing further reports that, while contacted on phone, the Oyo State  Police Command Public Relations Officer  Olugbega Fadeyi confirmed the incident, saying that he has not been properly briefed about the incident.