Man kills driver for demanding repair of his car

A 26 year-old-man, Adeyemi Babatunde, is currently in the police net for reportedly killing a driver identified as Obafunsho Ismail, over a minor accident.

The suspect was arrested on December 20, 2022, almost two weeks after he committed the said crime against the 46-year-old driver.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the incident happened on December 8, 2022, at about 8 pm, when the suspect, who drove a Lexus jeep with ‘Olu of Oya’ customized number plate, hit the deceased’s car from the rear and damaged the car’s rear light.

The deceased driver was said to have come down from his car and asked the suspect to disembark so as to assess the extent of the damage in order to find a solution to it.

Oyeyemi said the suspect refused to alight from his own vehicle and was instead making efforts to run away.

This, he said, annoyed the deceased who insisted that the suspect must come down, and he consequently sat on the bonnet of the suspect’s car to prevent him from escaping.

“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, and drove away at high speed.”

His action had grave consequences as the deceased fell from the car and was run over by the vehicle. Not satisfied, the suspect allegedly reversed his vehicle and ran over the deceased a second time to ensure that he actually died, Oyeyemi stated