Graphic Photo: Police Van Chase Okada Rider & His Passengers To Their Death

An Okada rider and his 2 male passengers were crushed to death this afternoon at Awoyaya bus-stop along the Lekki-Epe Express way in Lagos as they were being chased by a police van.
While trying to escape from the police who were chasing them to seize their bike for riding on the express, the Okada, which was in high speed, collided with a BRT bus that crushed them to death.
According to an eye-witness, area boys gathered and burnt the police van. The army had to be brought in to calm the situation.
The incident caused a minor traffic jam along the road, igniting violent reactions from commercial motorbike riders and street urchins,an aye witness says.
Security operatives on arrival at the scene were stoned and chased away by touts