Mr Modibo Usman died from Hypertensive shock following the an encounter with a LASTMA officer of La

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Mr Modibo Usman died from Hypertensive shock following the an encounter with a LASTMA officer of Lagos state. Mr Modibo Usman who was Hypertensive , was on his way to the Foremost Radiology Consultant Hospital on Ogunlana Drive, Surulere . His Son Mustapha was the one taking him to the hospital when this ugly incidence occur. Mustapha said two officers stopped him for allegedly disobeying traffic light, his father pleaded that he was on his way for a medical emergency but the officers ignored him. Mustapha said My father and I kept pleading with them but the officers refused. My father was even crying and telling them that he had a medical emergency but they said that is what people usually say. My father continued crying that he was in an emergency; they then demanded N50,000 to release us. Mustapha said on the way, they were stopped by LASTMA officers for allegedly disobeying traffic lights. He noted that pleas by his father that they were on a medical emergency were ignored by the officers, who later demanded a N50,000 bribe to release the vehicle. The LASTMA officers were said to have followed the duo to the first hospital, after which they took the vehicle away. Mustapha alleged that his father died of shock after the car was taken away.

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