Man who fell into a canal while being pursued by policemen, dies

The middle-aged Nigerian man simply identified as Bidemi who became unconscious after he fell inside a canal while allegedly being chased by police officers, has died.

NaijaOnPoint.com.ng(NOP) reports that Bidemi was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital following the incident that occurred at Federal bus stop, ipaja Ayobo axis of the state.

According to the lady who shared the story via the microblogging platform, X formerly known as Twitter, the victim was her friend’s husband.

She further posted a gory video showing the moment the man’s unconscious body was pulled out from the canal by residents of the area and staff of the Lagos State Fire Service. 

According to the lady, a group of yet-to-be idenitified officers profiled the victim as a Yahoo boy because of his tattoo and he decided to run after the officers corked their guns. He was reportedly chased until he fell into the canal.

She alleged that eyewitnesses claim the officers made away with the victim’s money and shoes.

She captioned the video, ‘’Yesterday morning,police chased my friend’s husband till he fell into the canal,they took his slippers and money that fell and left when people started shouting. This happened at federal bus stop,ipaja Ayobo axis 

“He is currently unconscious at Lasuth @BenHundeyin @PoliceNG.’’

However, in an update shared this morning, the X user who reported the incident said the man d!ed in the early hours of today October 18.

She wrote: “He has given up! Yet to tell the wife as of now. NIGERIAN POLICE! NIGERIAN POLICE!! NIGERIAN POLICE!!!.”