A young man has reported collapsed to his death during a parking space fight at a supermarket in Lekki, Lagos.
The yet-to-be-identified male adult, who happens to be a driver, had a little argument and altercation that led to his death on Admiralty Way, in the Lekki area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that the deceased went to the supermarket on Friday, February 24, to purchase some items for his employer.
Upon his arrival at the supermarket, he was instructed by a staff member of the supermarket to repark his vehicle, of which he declined to park somewhere else. This then led to a fight between both parties, causing his demise.
An eyewitness, identified as Tunji Gafar, said;
“The man came to do some shopping for his employer and by the time he was about to park, a staff of the supermarket who coordinates the parking space directed him where to park, but he refused and went ahead to park somewhere else.
“The staff member then approached him to park properly as instructed, but the driver declined. This degenerated into a confrontation as they both engaged in a fight. This drew the attention of one of their supervisors in the supermarket that came to intervene.
“By the time he got to the scene, the driver had already collapsed. When they discovered that the guy did not stand up on time, they started to pour water on him but he did not respond.”
Gafar added the female domestic staff who came with the driver claimed that the staff used something to hit him.
He said, “When we rushed to help the man, a female domestic staff that came with him kept saying that the staff used something to hit him. Although the staff insisted that they did not engage in any fight, they only shouted at each other before he slumped.
“We later ordered a taxi and took the driver to a nearby hospital. When we got there, he was referred to another hospital. It was when we got to the second hospital that he was confirmed dead.”
A company staff member who did not want his name mentioned said the late driver’s employer rushed down to the supermarket some hours after the incident and threatened to arrest the workers.
He said, “The employer of the driver came here later in the day and by the time he arrived, he started to threaten us with arrest. He said he was a regular customer at the supermarket and that his employee did not deserve to be beaten.
“He also demanded CCTV footage of what happened between them but there was no one to operate it that evening.”
Meanwhile, the supervisor, identified as Bilal, and the staff were arrested and taken to Maroko Police Station.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident.
“Yes, the incident happened. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Yaba,” he said.
