An incident occurred at a supermarket located on Admiralty Way in the Lekki area of Lagos State, where a man slumped and died while fighting over a parking space.
According to The Punch, the deceased, who was a driver, had gone to the supermarket on Friday, February 24th to purchase items for his employer. However, a staff member instructed him to park his vehicle properly, which he disregarded and chose to park elsewhere. An eyewitness, Tunji Gafar, recounted that this disagreement resulted in an altercation between the two parties. 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.” In addition, Gafar mentioned that the female domestic worker who accompanied the driver alleged that the staff member used an object to strike him. He added, “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.” An anonymous staff member of the company reported that the employer of the deceased driver arrived at the supermarket a few hours following the occurrence and made threats to apprehend the workers. “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,” the anonymous staff stated. Subsequently, the supervisor, known only as Bilal, and the staff involved in the incident were apprehended and transported to Maroko Police Station. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the occurrence. “Yes, the incident happened. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Yaba,” he said.
Jimeta Tanko was said to have given up the ghost today, following a brief illness. Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil confirmed his death in a WhatsApp message on Sunday, 12th of February. According to SaharaReporters, he said: “Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. With a heavy heart but total submission to the will of Almighty Allah, I wish to announce the d£ath of A.I.G Lawan Tanko Jimeta He died at the Teaching Hospital, Benin Edo State, this morning after a brief Illness. To Allah we belong and to him, we shall return, a real departure of a Godly man.” 
According to the police, a woman was taken into custody in relation to the accident in which Ms. Okonkwo, a master’s student in Public Health at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) was pronounced dead on the spot. In a statement, released by the force, the student’s family said: “Chinenye was a wonderful, kind, intelligent young woman with a strong faith in God. She had a passion to succeed and whatever obstacles she faced were overcome. “She was very family-oriented and always had time for everyone. Our lives will never be the same without her.” The late Nigerian had been a student in Glasgow since January last year. 
