Crimes

Man arrested for crushing motorist to death during argument in Ogun

The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 26-year-old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, for allegedly killing a 46-year-old driver, Obafunsho Ismail, over a minor argument.

This was disclosed via a statement issued on Thursday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi.

Oyeyemi stated that the incident occurred at about 8 p.m. on December 8, 2022, when Babatunde, who drove a Lexus SUV with a customised number plate, ‘Olu of Oya’, hit the deceased’s car from the rear and caused damage to the rear light vehicle.

He noted that the deceased, Ismail Obafunsho, 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’s car in order to prevent him from escaping from the scene.

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“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 Idi-ABA area of Abeokuta where he was arrested by men of the state motor traffic Division, on the 20th of December 2022. The vehicle he used to commit the crime was also recovered to the station,” the police spokesman disclosed.

Oyeyemi added that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State criminal investigation department for further investigation and prosecution.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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