Joy Anyim
A truck driver, Jelili Ismaila, 22, has been arrested alongside three others, for allegedly beating a Police Constable (PC), Agada Akoh, to death in Ogun State.
It was gathered that Akoh, and a colleague, were escorting their principal to Lagos State from Kogi State when they had an altercation with Ismaila at Dalemo area of Sango Ota, Ogun State, over his reckless driving.
Ismaila allegedly invited his friends, Amidu Bankole, 34, Elijah Samson, 36, and Moses Proboye, 34, and others hoodlums to attack the officers, leading to the death of Akoh.
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The incident, which happened on September 13, around 9:00p.m., was reported at the Sango Police Station, and the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Godwin Idehai, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), quickly led his men to the scene where the policeman to the scene.
According to the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi: “The officer was quickly rushed to the General Hospital Ota for medical care but gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased officer and one other escorted their principal from Idah in kogi state to Lagos State.
“On their way passing through Sango Ota, a truck driver Jelili Ismaila drove dangerously and almost pushed their vehicle off road.
“While trying not to hit the vehicle conveying the officers, the truck entered a pothole as a result of which its tyres got punctured.
“This made the two policemen to come down and cautioned the truck driver to always be mindful of other road users, but the driver accused them of been at fault, and mobilised hoodlums who attacked the officers and their principal with dangerous weapons and beat the deceased to coma.
“Having realised that the policeman may not survive the attack, the driver and his hired hoodlums took to their heels, but luck ran out of four of them when the DPO and his men on a tip off stormed their hideout and got them arrested while the other four escaped.”
Oyeyemi said the remains of the deceased officer had been deposited at the General Hospital Ota mortuary.
He said the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, who described the incident as ‘barbaric’ and an act of lawlessness, has ordered a massive manhunt for the remaining suspects.
“He (police boss) also warned that unwarranted attack on his men is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
“The CP has directed that the arrested suspects be transferred to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for in-depth investigation and diligent prosecution,” Oyeyemi said.
