LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A suspected internet fraudster, also known as a “Yahoo boy,” crushed four people to death in a road crash that occurred in Akure, Ondo State.
The incident reportedly occurred earlier today at Ijoka area of Akure.
An eyewitness stated that the driver of the Toyota car was driving at a high speed while going through Ijo Mimo to the Sunday bus stop, when his vehicle suddenly skidded off its lane and crushed the victims who were on commercial motorcycles.
The victims reportedly died on the spot before they could be rushed to the hospital.
According to an eyewitness, sympathizers who rushed to the scene to rescue the driver found some fetish items inside the vehicle, raising suspicion that the driver was a Yahoo boy.
On seeing the items in his car, the sympathizers angrily descended on the driver, beating him to a state of coma.
The suspected Yahoo boy was allegedly driving recklessly and at high speed, which resulted in the accident.
“The mob action was due to the driver’s attitude after the incident because he showed no sign of remorse and attempted to run away from the scene of the accident,” the eyewitness said.
However, the operatives of the state police command who arrived at the scene were able to rescue the driver from the mob and took the lifeless bodies of the victims to the morgue.