Nigerian Man set to Travel to Canada for Postgraduate Studies Killed by Driver in Edo

Jeffrey Omoregie, A Nigerian Petroleum Engineering Graduate has been crushed to death by a driver in Edo State. Family members and friends are now demanding justice.

Jeffrey who is a graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) was reportedly finalizing arrangements of travelling to Canada for his Masters degree.

Before the accident, the deceased was going to the bank to wait for his mum who was withdrawing cash for his travel, Punch reports.

Sharing the story, the mother said she was going home when she saw people gathering around an accident scene. Trying to help she told them to help rush the man to the hospital.

But going closer to the scene, she realized it was her son, a pain she will never forget.

At that moment, she screamed and begged people to help her take him to the hospital.

On reaching the hospital, the 26-year-old man was said to have passed away already.

In her words, “I got down and started telling people to let us help the victim. But on moving closer, I realised it was my son lying down in a pool of blood. I started crying and shouting that people should help me. He was still breathing and people helped me carry him inside a vehicle.

“We quickly rushed him to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where we were told that he had died. He was to travel out of the country on August 28 and I was going to the bank to give him money for the travel.

“The youth that assisted me said the boy that killed my son is a Yahoo boy (Internet fraudster) and that his vehicle came from nowhere to knock my son down. If you see the damage on the car, you will think that the vehicle rammed into a truck. I want justice.”

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Reacting, Jeffrey’s younger brother who said the police is investigating the accident, added that the police is also hiding his identity.

He said, “On Tuesday, around 3pm, I got a call from my mum and heard her saying help me, help me before the call disconnected. She called back and said I should be coming to the UBTH because my brother had an accident.

“I was on my way to the hospital when she called and said my brother had died. How the accident happened was that he crossed the Uselu-Lagos Expressway towards the barricade that separated the two lanes for vehicles coming and going.

“He was at the median and was about to cross to the other side of the road when the vehicle crushed him against the barricade. His legs and hands were broken; the accident was so bad that his head had a collision with the windscreen of the car that knocked him against the barricade and also to the other side of the road.

 “Policemen from the BDPA division arrested the suspect that same Tuesday. But when my mum and I went to the police station and demanded to see the person responsible for my brother’s death, the Investigating Police Officer told us the suspect had been transferred to the Area Command on Sapele Road.

“When we got there, we only saw the car and they still didn’t show us the suspect or tell us his name. They are just hiding his identity and we need to know his identity because we want justice.”

Jeffrey’s friend also said the Police have been trying to compromise the case, and are calling for settlements.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the case had been transferred by the Divisional Police Officer after initial investigation to the State Traffic Division, Adesua, where further investigation would be carried out.

“I have been in touch with the DPO of Ugbowo, who confirmed that the case had been transferred to the State Traffic Division where further investigation will carried out,” he added.

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