A driver who crushed police operative to death at a checkpoint along the Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon area of Ose Local Government of Ondo State on Sunday, has been arrested.
The suspect who killed the officer—an Assistant Superintendent of police was arrested by the men of the Nigeria Army at Sobe in Edo State, according to Ondo police command.
Also, the command dismissed an earlier report that the cop was killed by some suspected kidnappers on the expressway.
Spokesman of the command, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the death of the police officer, clarified that it was a case of hit and run, not kidnapping.
She said, “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 imamediately.
“The driver, was, however, pursued and fortunately for us he (driver) was arrested by the military men at Sobe in Edo State”
