A hit and run driver, allegedly hit a motorcycle carrying Oyeleye and one Cpl. Macaulay Esimiye while on patrol on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at about 5 p.m. on Monday.
SP Dolapo Badmos the spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, confirmed the incident
The PPRO said; “They were knocked down while on patrol in their motorcycle along Oshodi-Apapa expressway, inward Mile 2 by one LT bus, with Reg. No. AKD 949 XF, driven by yet to be identified driver.
“They were rushed to Save World Health Centre, Oshodi for medical treatment, where the rider, Cpl Oyeleye later died.
“The corpse of the officer has been deposited at Mainland General Hospital mortuary, Yaba for autopsy.
“Meanwhile, the vehicle has been impounded. There are efforts to arrest the driver,’’ Badmos said.
In a related development, Not fewer than five persons lost their lives on Wednesday afternoon at Alakija on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, in an accident involving a trailer carrying container.
Badmos, who did not give details of the accident, said that the police was investigating the incident.