Ogun police nab man, 26, for killing a driver over minor accident

Etim Ekpimah

A 26-year-old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, was on the 20th of December 2022, arrested for killing a 46-year-old driver Obafunsho Ismail, over a minor vehicle accident.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said trouble started on 8 December 2022, at about 8 pm, when the suspect, who drove a Lexus jeep with “Olu of Oya” customized number plate, hit the deceased’s car from the rear and caused damage to the rear light of the said car.

The PPRO said the deceased, Ismail Obafunsho, alighted from his car, and asked the suspect to come down for them to assess the extent of damage to his car.

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 the suspect should come down, and consequently sat on the bonnets of the suspect’s car 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 , drove on high speed which made the deceased fall down from the car and, 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 sped off.

“He was later traced to his father’s house at the Kemta Idi aba area of Abeokuta where he was arrested by men of State Motor Traffic Division, on 20 December 2022,” Oyeyemi said.

He noted that the vehicle he used to commit the crime was recovered to the station as well.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and prosecution.