Ondo State Police Command have arrested
6-mobile policemen for shooting a tanker driver, simply identified as Mr.
Friday, dead and setting the truck ablaze, last Wednesday.
They are currently being detained at
the state police headquarters, Akure, having allegedly confessed to committing
the crime.
Mr Muminogho Orogboh,a businessman and the
owner of the brand new trailer truck head coming from Lagos to
Warri said the policemen stopped his truck at about 2. a.m close to the
Ore toll gate and after questioning the driver, allowed him to continue
his journey only for them to shoot at him in company of his manager, Mr.
Henshell Gbugbadia who escaped death by the whiskers by running into the bush.
The policemen, who thought the
manager was also dead in the bush and reversed the new trailer head
toward Lagos direction and set it ablaze to blot out any evidence.
Mr.Henshell Gbugbadia then briefed
his Managing Director on the development
and the matter was reported at the Ore toll gate police station from where the
patrol team on duty that night were summoned and disarmed, having denied
knowledge of the incident.
The Police Commissioner later sent
for the suspected policemen. After orderly trial, they allegedly confessed
to the crime, saying they had to burn the dead driver and the truck head
to erase any trace of the incident because they did not know that the manager
survived.
However, the Chairman of NUPENG Rig
Move in Warri, Comrade Ochuko, said they had taken over the matter to ensure
justice and adequate compensation to the family of the deceased driver
including a thorough investigation and prosecution of the suspected mobile
policemen.
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