Like an action packed movie, a middle aged man who was identified as Abdul-Kareem Olalere yesterday evening jumped from high rising Mokola fly-over to escape from suspected armed robbers who were trailing him .
He broke his left hand after jumping down from the Mokola Flyover, but his bravery prevented the robbers from robbing him of his N300,000.
Scores of residents of the area who gathered to catch a glimpse of Olalere hailed him, describing him a courageous man .
There was traffic gridlock on the ever busy Mokola round about as Olalere who was twice lucky to survive the risky high jump was not hit by vehicles.
Speaking on his hospital bed where he was rushed for medical attention, Olalere, a principal agent at Premier Logo Company said he had to take the risk to avoid being shot by the suspected robbers .
Olalere further explained that he noticed that the two suspected robbers were trailing him as soon as the commercial motorcycle he rode on was ascending the flyover.
He said “I told the bike man to move faster when I noticed they were trailing us but he was afraid, so I had to stop him immediately. When I saw them bringing out a gun, I had to throw down the money and jumped after it” .
A relative , Olasunkanmi who was at the hospital said that Olalere’s money was intact, adding that the money was still with the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Mokola Police Station where the incident happened.
A source at the Mokola Police station who would not want his name in print confirmed that the incident was reported at the station and that the money was kept in custody of the police .
Also , a call put through to Mrs Bisi Clet-Ilobanafor , the Police Public Relation’s Officer’s handset was picked by another officer who also declined comment on the issue. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Naija!!!!!!. police sabi keep money when the person wey get the money dey hospital bed. Oooo ga oooooo
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