LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a driver who crushed a Policeman to death at a checkpoint in the Ifon area of Ose Local Government Area of the State.
The officer was crushed to death at a checkpoint along the Benin-Owo Expressway on Sunday, 23 July.
According to eyewitnesses, the deceased officer had tried to stop the vehicle but the driver hit him and drove off without stopping.
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The spokesperson of the State Police Command, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the incident said the driver was arrested by the men of the Nigeria Army at Sobe in Edo State.
The PPRO dismissed an earlier report that the cop was killed by some suspected kidnappers on the expressway, adding that it was a case of hit and run.
“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 on getting to a particular place around Ifon, the driver swerved and hit an ASP, and the officer died immediately,” Odunlami stated.Â
“The driver was, however, pursued, and fortunately for us, he (driver) was arrested by the military men at Sobe in Edo State.”
The spokesperson added that the body of the deceased Police officer had been deposited in the morgue.Â
