A police corporal in the Ogun State command, Abdullahi Yahuza, on Tuesday shot dead a commercial vehicle driver, Olumide Likinyo, at the Sagamu tollgate area on the Lagos-Benin Expressway.

The driver was conveying seven passengers and their goods from Lagos to Okitipupa in Ondo State, when the incident happened.

One of the seven passengers who witnessed the killing, Folake Egbeuwalo, said some policemen, who were around the tollgate area, had stopped the vehicle.

She said the corporal, without provocation, shot the driver dead where he was standing beside his vehicle.

Our correspondent gathered that the 42-year-old driver was survived by six children and a pregnant wife.

Egbeuwalo, who spoke at the command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, said the incident occurred at about 9.45pm.

She said, “The late driver was taking us from Lagos to Ondo State. When we got to Sagamu tollgate, the policemen on the road asked the driver to park.

“As the driver came out and stood beside the vehicle, the policeman moved to the other side of the road and shot him dead.”

A younger brother of the late driver, Solomon Likinyo, lamented the death of his older brother.

He said, “I demand to see the person that killed my brother and to know what actually happened before he was killed.”

When asked to comment on the incident during his visit to Ogun State on Wednesday, the Assistant Inspector- General of Police Zone 2 , Bala Hassan, said the policeman would face the wrath of the law.

He said, “This case is not an exception from other cases; the person will be tried as prescribed by the law.”

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said Yahuza had been arrested.

He said, “The Divisional Police Officer in the area informed the Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, that a corporal fired at the driver of a commercial vehicle, and the driver died.

“We have arrested the corporal and he will face the full wrath of the law.

“We are going to treat the matter departmentally before he will be charged to court.”

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