By Kabs Kanu
Was it an innocent accident or was it premeditated and stage- managed ? It was a masquerade parade and lots of revellers were there but the runaway motorcycle was able to evade everybody and hit only Philip Neville . Nobody else was affected by a motorbike that lost control in a big crowd . Nar dat Loko man call KAILA ( Mystery ) . And the driver was able to show a clean pair of heels as the Daily Mail used to say and is still at large and nothing is being heard from the Police.
Why is the SLPP Police silent about the accident and hunt for the bike rider ? If nar bin SLPP man den kill so, would the place have been so silent ? We demand an investigation into this suspicious accident that has resulted in the untimely death of one of our outspoken and “troublesome “ journalists who held the government ‘s feet under the fire.
It may well have been an ordinary accident but the Police silence is ear – deafening . A big media personality was mauled by a hit-and -run motor cyclist and the Police had said nothing over 48 hours after the “ accident . “ We need to hear something from the Police. Given the magnitude of the head injuries suffered by Mr. Neville, which killed him, the Okada man must have been speeding when he ran into the unfortunate Neville but how could this speeding have been accomplished on a crowded street with masquerades and followers dancing ? Were the police at the scene doing their jobs ? Did they control or redirect traffic to protect the crowd celebrating Boxing Day ?
I was once an accident reconstruction expert for a security company . We were trained to reconstruct accidents that had happened to determine what might have happened and who might have been culpable . Accidents , we studied, hardly happen . They are caused. If the masqueraders sought police permission, they were entitled to police protection. So, where were the police when an errant okada man came speeding in a festive crowd on a small street and lost control and hit only a journalist?”