There was pandemonium yesterday evening 16th, April 2019, over an incident which occured at Apapa boundary in Ajegunle area of Lagos.
It was gathered that a boy named Kola Mutiu popularly known as ‘Black Jesus’, was trying to collect money from a trailer driver before he was crushed to death in the process.
According to eyewitnesses, the boy (Black Jesus) was following the trailer driver whom he was trying to collect money from but the driver refused to oblige. The driver was trying to get away from the boy by driving fast not knowing that he (Kola) was running after the trailer, that was when the victim fell and was crushed.
He was later rushed to the nearest hospital in Boundary, where he was confirmed dead.
It was scooped that the army tried to stop people from beating the trailer driver, which led to his escape. When the area boys heard that Black Jesus had died, they turned on the soldiers, as they destroyed their vehicle and also beat them severly.