Tragedy struck in the Kemta, Idi Aba area of
Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday after a passenger
died inside a taxi on his way to buy herbal remedies.
The passenger, later identified as Michael Hogan, was
said to have boarded the taxi from Odeda in the Odeda
Local Government Area and was on his way to Idi Aba
in the Abeokuta metropolis, when the incident
occurred.
Our correspondent gathered that the driver of the taxi
knew that his passenger was dead when Hogan could
not alight from the car on getting to Iyana Mortuary
junction, Idi- Aba.
The driver consequently raised the alarm that attracted
other motorists and passersby.
Hogan, who had been ill for some time, was said to be
hurrying to the home of a vendor of herbal remedies in
Abeokuta, when he died on the way.
Passersby were said to have encouraged the driver to
take the remains of the passenger to the nearest police
station ─ Kemta-Idi Aba Police Division.
At the police station, the police had to contend with the
curious crowd that besieged the station to catch a
glimpse of both the driver and the corpse.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa
Adejobi, confirmed the incident and said the driver
discovered that Hogan had died in his car at the Iyana
Mortuary area around 7.45am, adding that the driver
went to the nearest police station to report it.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the
family of the deceased, had been contacted, and they
claimed Hogan had been ill for a long time.
He said, “The family said Hogan left home early in the
morning for Abeokuta to collect herbal remedies, not
knowing that would be his end.
“The police will soon release the corpse to the family
for burial after due process must have been followed.”

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RIP

And wetin the police do to the driver?



Cus I no trust naija police on this kind of cases