NEW TELEGRAPH
Unidentified com- mercial tricycle rider, popularly called Keke, has slumped at Effurun in Uvwie axis of Delta State and died on the spot. The victim was said to have stopped and parked his tricycle by the Okorodu- du Junction, near the popu- lar Old Airport Bus-Stop in Uvwie, to patronise a local food vendor (Mama-Put) as breakfast when he sudden- ly collapsed before he was served.
A witness, who identi- fied himself only as Timo-thy, said the deceased was looking frustrated with a hungry-looking face. He maintained that his condition was unconnected with “the current economic hardship in the country as a result of the rising cost of food and petrol.”
Efemena, a member of the Commercial Motorcycle and Tricycle Association in the locality, said the vic- tim, who collected the tri- cycle on a higher-purchase agreement, has not been able to meet up with his daily returns to the owner for weeks. Another witness, Mar- tins Emuobonuvie, said: “The man parked his tricy- cle and wanted to eat. He suddenly fell on the ground and stopped all forms of movements.
“The policemen that rushed to the scene to res- cue him said he was dead.” The police team alleged- ly evacuated his body and used his phone to call his relatives. But a motorist, Emeka Ebube, blamed the police- men at Enerhen Divisional Police Station for not rush- ing the victim to a nearby clinic to ascertain whether he was dead. The Police Public Rela- tions Officer in the state, SP Bright Edafe, could not be reached for confirmation and comment.
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