Truck Driver kills student in accident, flees – Daily Trust

The Kwara State Police Command is trying to find a Conoil truck driver and his motor boy over the loss of life of a Kwara State Polytechnic student.

His physique was allegedly dumped on a bridge after a street crash and buried as an unidentified corpse.

The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi confirmed the incident to Daily Trust throughout a phone chat on Tuesday.

He stated a tricycle operator who allegedly handed the physique to the truck driver had been arrested.

It was gathered that the deceased, recognized as Sheu, was reportedly hit by the truck across the Government Secondary School space of Ilorin, on Friday.

A member of the family, who spoke to Daily Trust anonymously, stated the deceased had borrowed a motorbike from one in every of his brothers to purchase garments for his facet enterprise when the incident occurred.

Sheu, who hailed from Eyombo Anabi compound in Ilorin, lived together with his mom in Shao, Moro native authorities space, and helped along with her garments enterprise.

His household, nonetheless, turned apprehensive when he didn’t return the motorbike on the fateful day.

A relative of the deceased who confided in our correspondent stated the proprietor of the motorbike later referred to as his telephone after 9pm, however an unidentified particular person answered.

He added that they heard a voice in the background questioning why he had picked up the decision earlier than the road went off.

Repeated makes an attempt to succeed in him later failed.

The improvement prompted the household to seek for him.

The household later learnt {that a} physique had been discovered on a bridge in the Oko-Olowo space of Ilorin.

Residents had alerted the police after they suspected that the deceased had fallen from a transferring car.

The physique was labeled as unidentified and buried by native authorities well being officers.

The household stated it recognized him from {a photograph} taken earlier than the burial earlier than they exhumed the physique for affirmation.

A member of the family informed Daily Trust {that a} tricycle operator, Basit, who witnessed the accident helped to convey the physique to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), the place docs confirmed that the deceased was introduced in lifeless.

He stated that the tricycle operator later claimed to be the deceased’s brother, took custody of the physique and handed it to the truck crew after leaving the UITH.

The household questioned why the operator didn’t alert hospital personnel that he had merely assisted in conveying the physique.

“We want justice and to establish whether the operator handed over the body out of ignorance or for financial gain. The Commissioner of Police has directed that they produce the drivers of the Conoil truck,” the member of the family stated.

The relative added that the household discovered the motorbike on the Kulende Police Station throughout its search.

Confirming the incident, Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi stated efforts had been underway to arrest the truck driver and motor boy, who had been workers of Conoil.

“Yes, we are trying to arrest the drivers now,” he stated.

The commissioner stated the physique was initially labeled as unidentified earlier than the police despatched its {photograph} to the household, which recognized the deceased.

“We later found an deserted corpse on high of a bridge and despatched the image to the household of the deceased for identification.

“But before then, it was classified as an unknown corpse and had to be buried. The body was later exhumed, and they confirmed it was him,” he stated.

“He confirmed that the tricycle operator handed the body to the truck driver but said he claimed not to know where it was taken afterwards”, the commissioner stated