Police arrest local hunter who shot dead commercial driver in Ilorin

The Kwara State Police Command on Wednesday said the authorities have arrested the local hunter involved in the incident of a commercial driver reportedly shot dead at Eiyenkorin in Ilorin.

The Command Public Relation Officer, DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, said this in a Press Statement issued in Ilorin.

He said the Commissioner of police, Kayode Egbetokun has directed the State CID to take up the investigation of the matter.

Okasanmi, narrating what transpired, said, “A comercial bus reportedly driven by one Hammed Idowu ‘m’ now late, coming to Ilorin through a bush path in order to avoid the police checkpoint at eiyenkorin was contravened inside the bush path by a local hunter named Suleiman Tajudeen ‘m’ employed by the Alagbado community, Eyenkorin.”

He added, “According to the report, altercation between the victim who was the driver of the commercial bus and the hunter led the shooting to death of the driver by the hunter.

“Attempt by some driver colleagues of the late driver to protest the death of the driver had been nipped and calm has been restored, meanwhile the suspect has been arrested by dogged detectives attached to the Command.”