A driver (names withheld) is currently in police custody at the Ondo State Police Command, for allegedly pulping a policeman to death on Sunday, at a checkpoint along the Benin–Owo highway, in Ifon area of Ose Local Government Area of the state.
The driver, according to the police, who allegedly crushed the deceased police officer, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, was arrested by the NIgeria Army personnel at Sobe in Edo State.
Report had claimed the deceased police officer was killed by suspected kidnappers, but the police command in the state had refuted the claim.
According to the command’s spokesperson, Funmilayo Odunlami, the deceased police officer died as a result of hit and run, and not a kidnap case.
“A suspected vehicle, while the police were trying to stop the driver, he didn’t stop. So our officers were alerted on the highway, but getting to a particular place around Ifon, the driver swerved and hit an ASP and the officer died immediately.
“The driver was, however, pursued and fortunately for us he (driver) was arrested by the military men at Sobe in Edo State,” Odunlami said.