Passenger Dies inside Taxi at Mortuary Junction in Ogun

There was pandemonium at Kemta – Idi Aba area of
Abeokuta, Ogun State, for the better part of Monday
morning as a passenger died inside a taxi on his
way to buy herbal medicine.
The passenger identified as Michael Hogan boarded
the taxi and was going to Abeokuta from Odeda in
Odeda local government area of the state, but died
getting to his destination. The Nation gathered that
the driver of the taxi got to know of the incident
when the passenger could not alight from the car on
getting to Iyana mortuary junction in Idi – Aba area
of the state capital and raised an alarm that
attracted fellow drivers and passersby to the scene.
The deceased was hurrying to the home of an herbal
remedies vendor in the state capital when the
unfortunate incident happened. Passers-by fled the
scene just as the driver too abandoned his cab and
took to his heels. But he was later encouraged by
eyewitnesses to carry the remains of the passenger
to the nearest station – Kemta – Idi Aba Divisional
Police Headquarters, Kemta.
At the police station, another round confusion
ensued as the police not only arrested the taxi
driver, but also battled frantically to contain curious
crowd that besieged the station to catch a glimpse
of the driver and the dead passenger.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer,
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed this to The
Nation, said the driver discovered at exactly 7:45am
that his passenger, now identified as Michael
Hogan, had died in his car at Iyana Mortuary area
and went to the police station to report the incident.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said
the family of the deceased, had been contacted,
and they claimed Hogan had been ill for a long
time. He said:
“The family said Hogan left home early in the
morning for Abeokuta to collect herbal
remedies, not knowing that would be his
end. The police will soon release the corpse to
the family for burial after due process must
have been followed.”