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Shocking: Teenage Driver Crushes 3years Old Girl To D*ath In Lagos
When
three-year-old Ikeoluwa Olaniyi was playing with her friends in her
grandfather’s compound in Ire Akari Estate, Isolo, Lagos, on September
3, 2013, little did she know that d*ath was lurking. Our correspondent learnt
that a teenage motorist, Chinyere Wagbaranta, in company with her
brother, Chisom, and a police corporal attached to Police Mobile Force
22, Felix Adebayo, in a Mercedes Benz Sports Utility Vehicle, drove into
the compound carelessly, hitting the little girl and crushing her
skull.
The
victim’s grandfather, Adesola Elegbede, who spoke to our correspondent
while fighting back tears, said Ikeoluwa was his first grandchild. He
said, “Ikeoluwa lives with me and my wife. Her father works in a bank
and her mother works with an accounting firm, which are both located on
Victoria Island. Ikeoluwa attends a school in Ilasa, which is not far
from our house. She stays with her parents during the weekend. “On the
day of the incident, I came in and saw her eating yam just outside the
main door and told her to go inside. A few minutes later, I wanted to go
to my friend who lives a few houses away from mine and Ikeoluwa
attempted to follow me but she met some of her friends playing in the
compound so she joined them.
“A few minutes later, I heard a
loud scream that Ikeoluwa had been crushed by a vehicle in the compound.
I ran to the scene and observed that the side of her head had been
crushed. I saw the vehicle that hit her but the occupants had fled. I
carried my granddaughter to Good Health Hospital, where she was declared
d*ad.” Elegbede said he immediately ran to the Isolo Police Division to
report the matter and it was there that he met the culprits. He said
Chinyere drove recklessly into the compound because she was on a mission
to fight one of his neighbours. He said, “I was told that Chinyere and
her brother hired the Police Mobile Force member, who is attached to a
bank in the area, to escort them to our compound to fight one of my
neighbour’s children.
“They drove recklessly from Ire Akari Road
into my compound and after crushing my little girl, the armed MOPOL
aided them in escaping from the scene.” The grandfather said four days
after the incident, Chinyere’s parents, in company with the Divisional
Police Officer, Isolo, Adamu Ibrahim, and a chief in the area came to
apologise over the incident, urging him not to pursue the case.
Elegbede, however, berated the police for not handling the case
professionally. He said, “When they came to visit me four days later, I
was shocked that the DPO escorted them to my place. Why should the DPO
be pleading on their behalf, telling me it was the will of God? Anyway, I
told them to go and beg Ikeoluwa’s parents because I am not her father.
“On September 9, the DPO called me again saying the Area D
Commander at Mushin wanted to see all the parties involved but on
getting there, the DPO told us to return to his own station. “When I
noticed that the case was not being handled properly, I asked the DPO to
transfer the matter to the State Criminal Investigation Department,
Yaba, but he refused to do this. “I am aware that Chinyere is 18 years
old and is an adult. I have already started hearing that the police want
to manipulate her age, get her a fake affidavit and give her a
soft-landing. I will not accept this.” The victim’s grandfather said
life had not been the same since the incident occurred.
While
pointing to the spot where his granddaughter’s blood was shed, he said,
“I cannot believe this. We are still in shock. Her mother has had to
take leave from work and travel out of the country to take her mind off
things. Imagine us losing such a pleasant and brilliant girl?” When
contacted on the telephone, the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos
State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the accident to our
correspondent. Braide said the matter was reported as a fatal car
accident and that Chinyere had been charged to court.
Source: Punch
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