An Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Idris Lawal in Ekiti State has been killed by a hit-and-run driver.
The incident happened at a checkpoint along Iworoko road in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Idris was an officer at the Ekiti State Police Command before he met an untimely death on Monday night at 11pm.
According to the Ekiti Police Command, the deceased was on Stop and Search duty with his colleagues when he was knocked down by an unregistered white coloured Mercedes Benz.
He was rushed to Ekiti State Teaching Hospital Ado-Ekiti but was later confirmed dead.
The Command said efforts are being made to arrest the driver.
Idris’s death is one of the numerous cases of many Nigerians who have died from hit-and-run accidents.
It is recalled that in March 2024, a 33-year-old man identified as Seun, was crushed to death by a hit-and-run driver at Jakande, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos State.
The victim reportedly parked his Lexus car by the expressway when he was hit by a Honda vehicle from the rear.
In 2022, a student of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Oyindamola Togbola was killed by a hit-and-run driver while returning from her friend’s place along the LASU-Igando road. She was a 200-level Law student of the university.