Ondo: Driver crushes policeman to death at check point

The operatives of the Ondo State Police Command said on Sunday, arrested a driver who killed a policeman at a checkpoint along the Benin-Owo Expressway at the Ifon area of Ose Local Government Area of the state.

According to the police, the driver whose identity was yet to be revealed allegedly hit the cop who is an Assistant Superintendent of Police, and was arrested by the men of the Nigeria Army at Sobe in Edo State.

Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, the state Police Public Relations Officer, while confirming the incident, said 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 immediately.

“The driver, was, however, pursued and fortunately for us he (driver) was arrested by the military men at Sobe in Edo State”