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A Yet-To-Be-Identified male adult suspected to be a thief was on Sunday found lying unconscious after being knocked down by a hit-and-run driver in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Friday morning.

Our correspondent gathered that the suspect had broken into an apartment in the community in the early hours of Friday when some residents saw him.

To avoid being apprehended, he was said to have taken to his heels while some residents chased him.

While fleeing the community, he suddenly ran into the expressway and got hit by a speeding vehicle in the process.

Our correspondent during a visit to the community on Sunday saw the suspect with swollen eyes and bruised body still lying on the roadside just by the edge of the Abule Egba bridge.

A trader, Ganiyat Enitan, who owns a shop close to the bridge, told PUNCH Metro that the accident victim had been on the spot since the incident happened.

He said, “We met him there on Friday morning and he has been there since then. We were told that he was caught scaling a fence at midnight and those who saw him decided to chase him. He was trying to run across to the other side when he ran into a vehicle that knocked him down.”

During a closer look, our correspondent discovered that he was still breathing as his legs moved at intervals.

Another business owner who identified himself simply as Sesan said he was initially lying on the bridge walkway before he rolled into the main road.”

“We saw him this morning on the main road. It was later that some LASTMA officials came to put a tyre behind him as a caution to prevent vehicles from climbing him.”

Meanwhile, a transport worker, Saheed Adekunle, has urged the state government to evacuate him from the spot before he gets run over by a vehicle.

He said, “We want the state government to come and remove him from here. If he spends longer time on the road where he is now, I am sure he will be crushed by a vehicle. The tyre LASTMA put there is not enough to stop that. Those trucks you see drive roughly and often climb the walkway. So, how much more on the road where is lying.”

All the calls made on Sunday to the spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Nosa Okunbor, were not responded to while a text message sent to him had yet to be replied to when this report was filed.

Source: https://punchng.com/speeding-vehicle-knocks-down-fleeing-suspected-thief-in-lagos/

Mr Blogger, Reporting This News, From Lagos

Hmmm!

This case is very complicated. I wanted to blame people for not making any attempt to save his life by taking him to a nearby hospital. But at the same time, I remember the fact that whoever tries to take him to a hospital will be victimised by the Nigerian police by the time he recovers or dies.

immortalcrown:
Hmmm!

This case is very complicated. I wanted to blame people for not making any attempt to save his life by taking him to a nearby hospital. But at the same time, I remember the fact that whoever tries to take him to a hospital will be victimised by the Nigerian police by the time he recovers or dies.

The Matter Don Reach Our Desk For Here

immortalcrown:
Hmmm!

This case is very complicated. I wanted to blame people for not making any attempt to save his life by taking him to a nearby hospital. But at the same time, I remember the fact that whoever tries to take him to a hospital will be victimised by the Nigerian police by the time he recovers or dies.

You have gotten it. 9 times out of 10, you're gonna regret it in Nigeria.

My friend once helped a drunk policeman who fell into a gutter at night and washed him up. They came back to invite the guy for "investigations", only to be accused and locked up for being the one who pushed the policeman, and also for loitering and drug abuse.

Instant judgement!

Hmmmmm 😮,God for him

Otilo.

Are they sure he's really a thief? Where are the items he stole?

Even if he stole, leaving him lying at the road side like that is not the best thing to do. Lagos should be better than this.

Some thieves break into homes to either steal food or find small gadgets to sell so they can eat. We should anticipate an increase in this behaviour in the South West, as well as more individuals joining terrorist groups in the North. Additionally, we can expect to see more armed men in the East until the economic turmoil caused by the current administration is resolved.

It knocked down Olalekan who posted "Bleep Israel" on nairaland 30 minutes ago.

His cup is full.

No need to comment.

I pray he makes it out alive so that he can Go and sin no more

Justice caught up right on time.

immortalcrown:
Hmmm!

This case is very complicated. I wanted to blame people for not making any attempt to save his life by taking him to a nearby hospital. But at the same time, I remember the fact that whoever tries to take him to a hospital will be victimised by the Nigerian police by the time he recovers or dies.

they should save the life of a thief so that your house is going to be their next robbery target,sometimes I wonder if some of you just post for posting sake or you just want to preach what you can never practice.how many stranded or wounded person have you taken to the hospital in your life?.

Is he going straight to hell

Karma is a witch

Instant justice.

Karma is a witch
Good judgement served

Dammmn. Nobody's willing to help a thief and even if they did, police fit implicate the good Samaritan. So everyone just looking at him and passing by. He'll probably be dead soon anyways

This is pathetic.

What stops LASMA from taking him to the hospital?. What exactly are they all.npw expecting, for him to die there or for a ghost to come to his rescue?

Rip thief, he died in active service indeed 🤒

Karma serving it red red hot.

Eh yah.