Sole survivor of coincidence that claimed four policemen narrates incident

The handiest survivor of the car crash that claimed the lives of 4 policemen attached to X-Squad of the Lagos country Police Command, weekend, in Ikorodu region of Lagos,
became discharged from the hospital the day prior to this. The officer, a woman, Assistant Superintendent Ibitola Egbeola, chief of the crew that was on a recurring surveillance and patrol along Isiwu road, Imota in Ikorodu, defined her survival as a miracle. Expressing surprise over the loss of life of her colleagues, Egbeola explained that an unmarked 911 lorry, which became coming from the opposite direction close to Isiwu metropolis, abruptly pulled out of its lane and rammed into their Nissan Frontier van, with quantity plate NPF 409 D. forefront amassed that motorists stopped to help the policemen to the hospital, but two Inspectors— Olusegun Ajiboye and Donatus Nwaego— who sat on the back, along with a woman Sergeant, Umoru Blessing, died instantaneous.

The police van & The 911 lorry The fourth policeman, Corporal Idowu Ibidapo, said to have sustained head accidents, died moments after reaching the Lagos kingdom university coaching hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja. The surviving ASP did now not preserve any damage. Egbeola, who expressed shock after being proven the wreckage of what was once her crew’s patrol van, attributed her survival to windfall. She stated: “The complete incident took place inside a twinkle of a watch.

We had been going towards a U-turn at Agbowa whilst we saw the lorry veer off its lane, going through us. “there has been no manner our driving force should manoeuvre, as there was a ditch to our proper. the subsequent thing I heard changed into a bang, followed with the aid of a black out. the subsequent time I opened my eyes, I saw myself inside an ambulance, with Corporal Idowu, heading to the medical institution. My survival can most effective be attributed to God.” motive force arrested meanwhile, motive force of the lorry, who fled the scene of the incident, has been arrested. At press time, the suspect, Ibrahim Hamzat, 26, become nevertheless being detained at Agbowa Police division. information of the loss of life of the policemen threw the X-Squad into mourning as their colleagues, together with the Commander, Mr. Bode Fakeye, a primary Superintendent, who changed into stated to have shuttled among LASUTH and the Ikorodu morgue, Sunday, wore gloomy faces.