In a report by Punch, Kolo,
who was attached to the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit Strike
Team, Force Headquarters, Abuja, was killed alongside a yet-to-be identified
commercial motorcycle rider around PWD bus stop, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The train has crushed a
police inspector, Philip Kolo, on special assignment in Lagos to death.
It was also reported that
the sad incident occurred on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 10:30 AM.
According to the report,
Kolo was on his way to Ikeja on a commercial motorcycle when the train was also
passing.
The motorcycle rider was
coming from the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway and wanted to enter the Ikeja GRA
when the incident occurred.
It was further reported
that the train had been blaring from a distance, which made other road users to
stay off its track.
However, the rider had
reportedly attempted to beat the oncoming train and cross the rail track but
failed and got himself and Inspector Kolo crushed to death.
An official of the Lagos
State Traffic Management Authority who was quoted in the report said the
deceased were dismembered after they were crushed by the train.
The Police Public Relations
Officer, CSP Chike Oti, confirmed the death of inspector Kolo, who was based in
Abuja and was on an official assignment with his team members in Lagos, when he
met his untimely death.
Chike said the corpses had
been deposited in the Lagos Mainland Hospital mortuary.
He said:
“The policeman was in Lagos
for an investigation and was being conveyed from Agege to Ikeja when the
motorcycle he was on was hit by the train. His corpse has been deposited in the
mortuary for autopsy.”
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