Joy has been cut short in the household
of Mr. Anthony Ude in Lagos, following
the death of his daughter, Miss
Chinenye Roseline Ude.
The lady was killed last week just
before she was to pick up her call-up
letter to participate in the mandatory
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
scheme.
As it is, Ude, who hails from Ugbo-
Okpala in Awgu Local Government
Area of Enugu State, is being buffeted
by pain and agony. He can't believe his
fate just as he can't understand how his
daughter was killed after he had
invested enormously to see her through
school.
Chinenye lost her life in a fatal
accident at Akesan Junction in Igando
area, along the Isheri-LASU Road,
Lagos. Chinenye, 24, was a graduate of
Sociology from Enugu State University
of Science and Technology (ESUT) and
was due for the NYSC programme in
October, 2017.
The lady met her untimely death as she
went with her father, who had an
injury on his hand to the nearby Divine
Blessing Hospital, across the Isheri-
LASU Road, in Akesan village, for
treatment.
It was gathered that while the duo
waited for a chance to cross to the
opposite side of the expressway, she
was unaware that a Mercedez tipper
lorry, with registration EPE 299 XE,
loaded with sand, was coming from the
LASU end. It was learned that the
driver of the vehicle lost control of the
wheel and headed for the side of the
road where Mr. Ude and his daughter
stood.
When Ude and his daughter realised
the grave danger confronting them,
they fled in different directions. But as
fate would have it, the vehicle went
after Chinenye, killing her instantly.
According to a witness, the vehicle's
rear tyres crushed Chinenye's head on
the paved road. Bystanders wept
uncontrollably at seeing the contents of
her skull splashed everywhere.
"The pathetic incident instantly
attracted a huge crowd of
sympathisers and passers-by.
People could not restrain their
tears," one witness said.
Daily Sun gathered that soon after the
accident, the police at Igando were
alerted. On arrival, they inspected the
scene and conducted short
investigation before arranging for an
ambulance to take the body away.
The tipper driver and the deceased's
father, according another eyewitness,
Mr. Azuka Obidinnu, were taken to
Igando Police Station while the tipper
was impounded.
After a brief stay at the station, a
policeman, Sergeant Onee Kanu, and
Mr. Obidinnu, conveyed the remains of
the deceased to the mortuary of
Mainland Hospital, Yaba, where it was
deposited.
Meanwhile, the driver of the tipper
lorry is being detained at Igando Police
Station pending the outcome of
investigations.
The father of the deceased, Mr
Ude, who resides at Akesan, was
evidently distraught. He regretted
the tragic death of his daughter
at her prime age. "I thank God
for sparing my life and making
my escape possible.
"If two of us had died, the
situation could have been both
colossal and disastrous. I pray
God to give my wife, Mrs. Amaka
Ude, the fortitude to bear this
huge loss. It is heavy on her;
she is experiencing immense
sorrow and sadness at the
moment. I can feel her pain and
anguish because this loss is
irreparable," he said.
In the meantime, Daily Sun has been
told about an on-going meeting
between the police, the Udes, relatives
of the tipper driver and the association
of tipper owners on how to resolve the
tension amicably and get the matter out
from the police.
The meeting, it was learned, focused on
how to pay compensation following the
death of Chinenye. The compensation
would help the family in taking care of
her burial expenses.
It was disclosed that the family of the
deceased was yet to know the owner of
the tipper lorry as he was said to be
out of Lagos when the accident
occurred. But the association of tipper
owners was said to have pledged to
stand by the driver of the tipper lorry
who killed Chinenye, promising to
assist him in the payment of the
financial compensation being
demanded by the family.
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