A tragic incident occurred at Orile bus stop, Iganmu, in Lagos on Tuesday when a logistics company’s truck struck and killed a soldier. The driver was reportedly trying to evade extortionists targeting commercial bus drivers at the Orile end of the Badagry expressway. After the collision, the driver continued driving recklessly, leaving the scene without stopping.
Witnessing the accident, other soldiers pursued the truck and eventually caught up with it at the Mile 2 bus stop, although the truck’s conductor managed to escape. Shola James, a trader at Orile, recounted the horrific scene, saying, “The truck’s back tyre crushed the soldier’s head. I couldn’t bear to look at the body again.”
Another eyewitness, a vulcanizer, noted that the soldier was on his motorcycle when the truck hit him, resulting in his immediate death.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed that the truck and its driver were not handed over to the police. He explained, “After the incident, the DPO of Orile Police Station and his men visited the scene and saw the soldier’s body. The soldiers returned with the truck and driver but then took them and the soldier’s body back to their barracks.”
