A leader of motorcycle operators’ association in
Ondo town, Ebenezer Adedeji, was on Saturday killed by an okada rider.
It was learnt that Adedeji was the branch
chairman of the Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria, the okada
riders’ unit in one of the parks in the town.
Witnesses said Adedeji had before the incident,
stood at Shora Street where he allegedly accosted the suspected killer and
demanded N100, being the money for the daily ticket of the association.
An argument was said to have ensued between
Adedeji and the suspect leading to a scuffle.
The suspect was said to have abandoned his
motorcycle on the spot and left for his house which is located few metres to
the area, only to return with a cutlass.
It was learnt that Ebenezer also left the scene
to attend a meeting of the association in the area. But unknown to him, the
suspect who is yet-to-be identified had allegedly laid ambush for the union
leader at the entrance of the venue of the meeting.
As soon as Ebenezer came out of the meeting, the
suspect allegedly hacked him down with the cutlass.
The suspect was said to have been later
overpowered by the traders in the area, before he was handed over to the
police.
According to one of the witnesses, after the
suspect first hit Ebenezer with the cutlass, the deceased took to his heels but
the okada rider ran after him and continuously hit him with the
machete.
A source at the Enuowa Divisional Police Station,
where the incident was reported, explained that a detachment of policemen led
by a senior police officer was drafted to the scene.
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the
station, Chief David Ehighale, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the
incident.
He added that the suspect had been transferred to
the homicide section at the Ondo State Police Command headquarters in Akure,
for further investigation.
He also said Ebenezer’s remains had been
deposited at the state Specialist Hospital, Ondo town.
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