Police confirm passenger’s death inside moving tricycle in Aba, commence investigation
Abia State Police Command has confirmed that it received a report about the death of a female passenger inside a moving tricycle in Aba, on July 29, 2025.
The development was confirmed to DAILY POST by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abia State Command, DSP Maureen Chinaka.
She said that the incident was reported at Police Area Command, Aba, by one Okechukwu Sunday, a tricycle operator and native of Onitsha Ado in Anambra State, but resident in PZ Quarters.
“He reported that while he was on his daily operation as a Keke rider, one Mrs Emmanuel Love Onuora, female, aged 51 years, entered his tricycle as a passenger along Aba-Owerri road.
“Another passenger flagged him down to enter and both discovered that Mrs Emmanuel Love Onuora had given up the ghost, that was what he reported to the Area Command”, Chinaka said.
She said that upon the report, officers from the Area Command visited the scene and the corpse was deposited in a mortuary for autopsy and preservation, adding that investigation on the incident was ongoing.
