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Okada rider drowns in Lagos flood

…Police recover motorcycle 

 

CITIZENS COMPASS—Luck ran against a commercial motorcyclist popularly known as Okada rider as he was yesterday, swept away by flood in the Alakoko axis along the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway.

The unfortunate incident occurred at about 1230hrs according to spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin who confirmed this in his updates.

He said, “On 21/05/25 at about 1230hrs, a report was received that, on 20/05/25 at about 1600hrs, one Wasiu Babatunde Adeniran ‘m’ aged 60yrs, a motorcycle rider, fell off his motorcycle while he was riding it along Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway, Alakuko in the heavy rainfall. As a result, he was dragged by the flood along with the motorcycle. However, the motorcycle was recovered at about 1800hrs of 20/05/25 while the body was found at Obasanjo river, Ota, Ogun State at about 0900hrs of 21/05/25.

“ The scene was visited by a team of detectives and photographs of the corpse were taken while the corpse was deposited at a public morgue for autopsy. Investigation is in progress.”

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