The driver, a Nigerian whose name is only given as Richmond, is reported to have been tipsy and was driving without a license.
The deceased, who only married earlier this year, is survived by a widow who is an expectant mother.
How it happened?
Eyewitnesses say the driver, reversing on top speed knocked him off the road and threw him over a small open gutter. His head hit the wall of a house in the process.
It took vendors around to raise alarm as his lifeless body was under the car.
Police response
The police first arrived at the scene in a taxi in a bid to apprehend the driver and save him from mob attack. The angry mob smashed the windscreen of the taxi, a source at the Police station told Citi News.
Meanwhile, a police pick up picked the lifless body about an hour later. It has since been deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary.
Family files report
Distruaght siblings of the deceased, were spotted at the La-Nkwatanan-Madina Divisional Police Headquaters late night filing their report at the MTTU. They couldn’t not say anything to Citi News.
What will happen?
The cop on duty, Coporal Saani Mohammed told the family the suspect is in cell to be prepared for court. He explained that the suspect cannot be bailed except the court orders accordingly.
He told the family that he is handling about three of such cases.
Source: citinewsroom.com
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