A 32-year-old dispatch rider, Emmanuel Jegede, has lost his life after suspected hoodlums allegedly pushed him off his motorcycle while attempting to extort him along the Ikotun-Idimu Road in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The incident occurred on Wednesday around 10am after the rider completed a delivery and was heading to another destination.
On getting to the Alhaja end of the road, two suspected hoodlums who were planning to extort him suddenly pushed him while in motion.
An eyewitness who spoke to PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity, citing personal reasons, said the rider rammed into the median in the process and died on the spot.
“The rider was passing through the Ikotun-Idimu road, and when he got to Alhaja, two hoodlums who usually stay around the junction tried to stop him and suddenly pushed him while he was in motion.
“He lost control of the motorcycle, veered off the road and rammed into the median. By the time people got to the spot to rescue him, he had already died,” the source disclosed.
Another eyewitness who spoke to PUNCH Metro said the deceased had earlier been involved in a minor collision with a tricycle rider after emerging from a street in the area.
