A money-seeking hoodlum was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver in the Ipaja area of Lagos State.
According to The PUNCH, the driver was said to have knocked down the hoodlum identified as Hassan, at Moshalashi Bus-Stop, in the Ipaja area,
The incident occurred on Saturday shortly after Hassan allegedly attempted to extort money from the driver of a vehicle, which broke down on the road.
A photo of the incident, which was seen by our correspondent, showed the victim in a pool of blood on the road.
A resident, Badmus Oriade, said Hassan was a well-known street urchin, who always extorted money from owners of broken-down vehicles.
He said, “He is well known in the Ipaja neighbourhood. A delivery vehicle broke down here at Ipaja on Friday. When the owners of the delivery van came with mechanics to get their vehicle off the road, he accosted them and tried to extort money from them but they refused to pay and he threw a bottle at them.
“He ran away when the owners of the delivery van chased him. Unfortunately, as he tried to cross the median to the other side of the road, he tripped and fell. An oncoming commercial bus driver hit him and while people converged around him to resuscitate him, the driver escaped.”
Oriade said men of the Lagos State Ambulance Service later intervened and took him to a hospital.
