A reckless police driver behind the wheels of a van attached to the
Festac police station has been accused of hitting a woman and her baby,
causing brain damage in the nursing mother.
Several sources related to the woman reported that the accident happened
on June 23, 2013 as the police driver sped dangerously against the flow
of traffic on a one-way lane along the busy Oshodi-Apapa Road, hitting
down the unsuspecting woman and her baby.
An eyewitness said the police corporal seemed to act with drunken
disregard for other road users. “As he was driving, he was waving his
hand and shouting at drivers who were driving the right way to clear out
of the road,” the witness said. “He kept driving that way until he
eventually knocked down the woman coming out of the bus with her baby.”
Family sources said the badly injured woman and her baby were rushed to
the emergency ward at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
Doctors reportedly discovered that she had sustained a pelvic fracture,
facial bruises, and brain injury. The baby, Ammarah Anjolaiya, also
suffered deep facial cuts and a broken jaw...continue reading to see pic of the mother...
A family source said Corporal Friday’s first concern at the scene of the
accident was to immediately arrange a cab to convey the “madam” in his
car to her destination. He later provided the injured woman’s family
with N70,000 for treatment. The source said the culprit subsequently
abandoned the victims of his reckless driving at the hospital. “We have
so far spent above N500,000 on treatment and upkeep,” said the source.
Another family source told SaharaReporters that the victim’s husband,
Sulaiman Anjolaiya, had been unemployed for several months. “His wife
was the bread winner of the family and now she is down with mental and
physical injuries due to the behavior of this police corporal who has
now abandoned them to the fate he inflicted on the family,” she said.
Our sources disclosed that the family of the victim had a shocking
experience when they visited the FESTAC divisional police station to
meet with the Divisional Police Officer, Ibrahim Zango, whose mistress
was being taken to the airport at the time of the accident. “DPO Zango
spoke to us in a very rude manner before offering us additional ten
thousand naira,” said one of the victim’s relatives. He added that the
DPO said the woman being driven by the reckless police driver was “just a
relative.”
Mrs. Taskirat Anjolaiya is currently receiving treatment at LUTH for her physical and mental injuries.
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