Padmore, a driver with LagRide, passed away in the early hours of January 8 while preparing to start picking up passengers from the Oniru market area of Lagos.
His colleague, Saheed Ayeni, one of the three drivers who rushed him to Louis Med hospital in Lekki, recounted the incident: “He collapsed at 5 a.m. after checking the bonnet before resuming work, and we had to revive him with buckets of water. His last words while we rushed him here were, ‘Don’t let me die.’”
According to Saheed and another driver, Padmore had been treating an undisclosed ailment. Unfortunately, he didn’t survive and was pronounced dead on arrival.
The head of solutions for LagRide, Tumi Adeyemi, stated that an autopsy will be conducted to ascertain the cause of his tragic death.
Before his passing, Padmore served as the National Deputy President of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transporters of Nigeria.
Meanwhile, other drivers from the union have expressed concerns about the hostile working conditions imposed by ride-hailing companies in Nigeria.
They emphasized that daily targets, such as those set by LagRide, put drivers like Padmore under high pressure.
Friends and family of the deceased have taken to Facebook to mourn his untimely death.
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