Policeman Shoots Driver To Death Over N50 Bribe

A Police corporal has allegedly killed a commercial driver after he refused to pay him N50 bribe at Oye-Ekiti checkpoint.

The aggrieved policeman from Ekiti State Police Command, Ayodele Famodimu, shot at the driver named Olabode Ojo Segun, causing the vehicle to somersault but no one sustained injury apart from the driver that died.

The bus was said to en route Ilorin, Kwara State capital from Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State last Tuesday evening

The sources said that the Olukare of Ikare, Oba Akadiri Momoh, called the Ekiti Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to get a first-hand report.

Eyewitnesses said: “After the driver was hit, he lost control and the bus somersaulted.

“He was lying dead on the scene. In the confusion, every person crawled out of the vehicle, seeking help.”

FRSC spokesman Mohammed Olowo said only the driver was shot.

Olowo added that there were no critical injuries, pointing out that a hospital call the morning after did not register any critical injury.

Police spokesman Alberto Adeyemi said the command had commenced an orderly-room trial for the corporal.

Adeyemi, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said that Famodimu would be charged to court after the orderly-room.

He said: “The suspect is already facing
departmental orderly room trial, his name is Corporal Ayodele Famodimu and his departmental orderly room trial has already started.

“When the trial has been concluded, he would be dismissed after which he would be charged to court.”