A 26-year-old Nigerian identified as Adeyemi Babatunde who is accused of killing a 46-year-old driver, Obafunsho Ismail, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.
The incident occurred on 8 December, 2022, at about 8 p.m, according to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the report in Abeokuta.
According to him, the suspect, who drove a Lexus jeep with “Olu of Oya” customized number plate, hit the victim’s car from the rear and caused damage to the rear light of the said car.
“The deceased, Ismail Obafunsho, there and then came down from his car, and asked the suspect to come down for them to assess the extent of the damage in order to find solution to it.
“But the suspect, Adeyemi Babatunde, refused to come down from his own vehicle and was making effort to run away.
“This infuriated the deceased who insisted that the suspect must come down, and he consequently sat on the bonnets of the suspect car in order to prevent him from escaping from the scene.
“The suspect, Adeyemi Babatunde, later came down and warned the deceased to leave the bonnet of his car if he doesn’t want to waste his life.
“He then went back to the car , drove on high speed which made the deceased fell down from the car, and the car ran over him. Not satisfied, the suspect also reversed the vehicle and ran over the deceased again to ensure that he actually died.
“After completing the act, he ran away with the vehicle.
“He was later traced to his father’s house at Kemta Idi aba area of Abeokuta where he was arrested by men of State Motor Traffic Divison, on the 20th of December 2022, the vehicle he used to commit the crime was recovered to the station as well.”
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and prosecution.