“The deceased who felt cheated after the minor accident sat on the bonnet of Adeyemu’s car. He did not live to celebrate Christmas”
Ogun State Police Command has arrested 26-year-old Adeyemi Babatunde, for killing a 46- year- old driver, Obafunsho Ismail, over a minor motor accident.
The suspect was arrested on December 20, 2022.
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According to police source, trouble started on December 8, 2022, at about 8:00p.m., when the suspect, who drove a Lexus SUV with ‘Olu of Oya’ customised number plate, hit the deceased’s car from the rear and caused damage to the rear light of the said car.
“The deceased then came down from his vehicle, and asked the suspect to come down for them to assess the extent of damage to find a solution to it.
But the suspect, Adeyemi Babatunde, refused to come down from his own vehicle and was making an effort to run away.
“This infuriated the deceased, who insisted that the suspect must come down, and he consequently sat on the bonnet of the suspect’s vehicle to prevent him from escaping from the scene.
“The suspect, Adeyemi Babatunde, later came down and warned the deceased to leave the bonnet of his car if he didn’t want to waste his life.
“He then went back to the car, drove at high speed which made the deceased to fall down and the vehicle ran over him. Not satisfied, the suspect also reversed the vehicle and ran over the deceased again to ensure that he actually died.
“After completing the act, he ran away with the vehicle. He was later traced to his father’s house at Kemta, Idi aba area of Abeokuta, where he was arrested by men of State Motor Traffic Division, and the vehicle he used to commit the crime was recovered to the station as well,” the police said.
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.
