Daniel Ekwerekwu, a suspected thief and an indigene of Aguleri, Anambra state, has lost his life after breaking his skull in a fall while trying to escape arrest, this morning, in Lagos.
He had gone to Okungade street, Mende-Maryland, Ikeja, to vandalize a car and steal its parts – however, at about 6:04a.m, the owner of the car being vandalized woke up to prepare for church service only to see Ekwerekwu vandalizing his car.
He raised an alarm which attracted a police patrol team as well as neighbors. They chased after the suspect, who ran into a building.
He tried to scale the fence but unfortunately for him, his hands slipped off the wall and he landed on a cemented floor, breaking his skull as a result.
However, the police searched his trousers pocket, they recovered a voter’s card bearing his name and picture thereafter, he was taken to Mainland Hospital, Yaba where he was confirmed dead. His body was thereafter deposited at the hospital’s morgue.
He had gone to Okungade street, Mende-Maryland, Ikeja, to vandalize a car and steal its parts – however, at about 6:04a.m, the owner of the car being vandalized woke up to prepare for church service only to see Ekwerekwu vandalizing his car.
He raised an alarm which attracted a police patrol team as well as neighbors. They chased after the suspect, who ran into a building.
He tried to scale the fence but unfortunately for him, his hands slipped off the wall and he landed on a cemented floor, breaking his skull as a result.
However, the police searched his trousers pocket, they recovered a voter’s card bearing his name and picture thereafter, he was taken to Mainland Hospital, Yaba where he was confirmed dead. His body was thereafter deposited at the hospital’s morgue.
