<p class="">The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it has recovered the corpse of a policeman killed by a ‘hit and run’ driver along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos.</p>
<h1>Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, LASEMA, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Monday.</h1>
<p class=""><strong>Oke-Osanyintolu </strong>said the Response Team of the agency recovered the remains of the victim at Marwa, along Lekki-Epe Expressway.</p>
<p class="">He said that the unidentified vehicle flee the accident scene immediately it occurred.</p>
<p class=""><em>“The deceased, an officer of the Nigerian Police Force named Mr </em><strong><em>Paul Omaji</em></strong><em>, in mufti, was found dead at Marwa, along Lekki-Epe Expressway.</em></p>
<p class=""><em>“Investigation conducted at the scene revealed that an unidentified vehicle ran into the officer on his way to resume duty around 12:30 am on Monday.</em></p>
<p class="">“<em>The unidentified vehicle flee the scene immediately the incident occurred.</em></p>
<p class=""><em>”The deceased body has been bagged, as the LASEMA responders alongside the officer on ground, Mr </em><strong><em>Edoh Samuel</em></strong><em>, has transported the deceased body to Marina General Hospital with the aid of the Agency’s Ambulance.</em></p>
<p class=""><em>“The corpse was handed over to another Officer, Superintendent of Police (SP) </em><strong><em>Onajide Olabode</em></strong><em>, and has been deposited in the morgue,”</em> Oke-Osanyintolu said.</p>
<p class="">In a related development, LASEMA Response Team has recovered a yet-to-be-identified dead commercial motorcycle operator, who was involved in a lone accident at Ikota, along Lekki-Epe Expressway.</p>
<p class="">Oke-Osanyintolu said that the deceased reportedly lost control while on motion and rammed into an electrical pole on the road median at Ikota, along Lekki-Epe Expressway.</p>
<p class=""><em>“The commercial motorcyclist was critically injured which led to his death before he was admitted in the nearest hospital.</em></p>
<p class=""><em>“The motorcycle has been taken off the road from the scene, while the deceased body has been bagged,”</em> he said.</p>
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