Tanker kills policeman in Lagos

A Police Sergeant attached to the Taskforce for
dismantling tanker traffic in Apapa area of Lagos
was on Tuesday crushed to death by a tanker.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police
Command, DSP Patricia Amadin, confirmed the
incident to newsmen on Wednesday.
Amadinwho said the deceased was identified
as Lukas Abashi, disclosed that the driver of the
vehicle with Reg. No. ANC 66 XA escaped after
the accident.
She said the policeman died at the spot after
tanker ran over him. The police image maker
said the driver attempted to escape with the
vehicle, but for the intervention of other
members of the taskforce who used motorcycles
to pursue him.
She said the policeman was on official duty as
at the time of accident, adding that the tanker
has the inscription TOTAL.
Amadin said the body had been deposited in the
mortuary, while the tanker was taken to a police
station in Apapa. She said the police were
trailing the driver.newsmen on Wednesday.