Lagos Driver ‘Commits Suicide’ At Mechanic Workshop

A 43-year-old commercial driver identified as Kabiru Bello allegedly
committed suicide at a mechanic workshop in Lagos on Saturday.

Bello,
a resident of 77, Owode Ibeshe in Ikorodu allegedly drank insecticide
suspected to be sniper at the workshop located at Ladylack Bus Stop,
Somolu around 1pm.

It was gathered that the Bello was inside his bus with registration number AKD724XM when he drank the substance.

People at the workshop were said to have rushed him to Adesola Clinic in Somolu where he was confirmed dead.

According
to police spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP),
homicide detectives visited the scene and discovered an empty bottle
suspected to have contained sniper, adding that his body was deposited
in mortuary for autopsy.

Meanwhile, policemen attached to Ilemba
Hausa Division in Ojo at the weekend recovered two single barrel guns
from fleeing armed robbers said to have fleeced a young man of his
laptop.

It was gathered that the police has received distress
call around 9:30pm on Saturday that suspected armed robbers attacked one
Wale Lawal and dispossessed him of his valuable.

Elkana said a
team of policemen were deployed to tail them, adding that the suspects
abandoned their operational black Honda vehicle with number plate Lagos
KJA705BU.

“On the spot search of the vehicle led to the recovery
of two locally made single barrel guns with twelve life cartridges, one
laptop and a mobile phone. The vehicle was moved to the station for
further investigation,” he said.

{Naijafinix.com}