The Nigerian Police Force, Ogun State command has detained 26-year-old Adeyemi Babatunde, who is accused of killing Obafunsho Ismail after smashing his car.
On December 8, 2022, at about 8 p.m., the suspect who was driving a Lexus SUV with a personalized license plate “Olu Of Oya,” struck the deceased’s automobile from behind, causing damage to it.
The deceased, Obafunsho, then alighted his vehicle and asked the suspect to come down for them to assess the extent of the damage to find solution to it.
However, it was confirmed by Ogun State Police spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi that the suspect instead of coming down was busy making frantic efforts to run away.
Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi’s full statement reads: “The deceased, Ismail Obafunsho, there and then came down from his car and asked the suspect to come down for them to assess the extent of the damage in order to find a solution to it.
“But the suspect, Adeyemi Babatunde, refused to come down from his vehicle and was making 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 car in order to prevent him from escaping from the scene.
“The suspect later came down and warned the deceased to leave the bonnet of his car if he did not want to waste his life.
“He then went back to the car and drove at top speed which made the deceased fall down from the car, and the car 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 the State Motor Traffic Division on December 20, 2022; the vehicle he used to commit the crime was recovered to the station as well.
The suspect was to be sent to the State Criminal Investigation Department’s homicide department for additional investigation and prosecution, according to the PPRO, which stated that Lanre Bankole, the commissioner of police, had ordered this.
