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Badmos said the hit and run driver allegedly hit the
motorcycle carrying Oyeleye and another Corporal,
Macaulay Esimiye, while on patrol on the Oshodi-
Apapa Expressway at about 5pm on Monday
A Corporal attached to the Operations Department of the Lagos State Police Command, Felix Oyeleye, has been crushed to death.
Oyeleye, who works at the Command
Headquarters, died on Monday when a hit and run
driver knocked down the patrol motorcycle on
which he was riding with a colleague.
The development was confirmed on Wednesday by
the spokesperson of the Lagos State Police
Command, Dolapo Badmos.
Badmos said the hit and run driver allegedly hit the
motorcycle carrying Oyeleye and another Corporal,
Macaulay Esimiye, while on patrol on the Oshodi-
Apapa Expressway at about 5pm on Monday.
She said: “They were knocked down while on patrol
on their motorcycle along Oshodi-Apapa
Expressway, inward Mile 2 by one LT bus, with Reg.
No. AKD 949 XF, driven by yet to be identified
driver.
“They were rushed to Save World Health Centre,
Oshodi for medical treatment, where the rider,
Corporal Oyeleye, later died.
“The corpse of the officer has been deposited at
Mainland General Hospital mortuary, Yaba for
autopsy.
“Meanwhile, the vehicle has been impounded.
“There are efforts to arrest the driver.”
