Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 26-year-old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, for allegedly killing a 46-year-old driver, Obafunsho Ismail, over an argument.
The incident occurred December 8, 2022, at about 8 p.m., when the suspect, who drove a Lexus jeep with an “Olu of Oya” customised number plate, hit the deceased’s car from the rear and caused damage to the rear light of the said car.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
Oyeyemi said “the deceased, Ismail Obafunsho, was 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 a 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’s 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, and drove at high speed which made the deceased fall 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 the State Motor Traffic Divison, on December 20, 2022, the vehicle he used to commit the crime was recovered at the station as well.”
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and prosecution.
