Truck Driver kills student in accident, flees – Daily Trust

The Kwara State Police Command is looking for a Conoil truck driver and his motor boy over the demise 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 mentioned 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, mentioned the deceased had borrowed a bike 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, nevertheless, turned nervous when he didn’t return the bike on the fateful day.

A relative of the deceased who confided in our correspondent mentioned the proprietor of the bike later referred to as his telephone after 9pm, however an unidentified individual 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 growth 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 shifting car.

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

The household mentioned 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 mentioned 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 mentioned.

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

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

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

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

“We later found an deserted corpse on prime 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 mentioned.

“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 mentioned