Corporal arrested for killing bus driver

A police corporal has been arrested and detained after he allegedly shot dead a commercial driver at the Sagamu toll gate, Lagos-Benin expressway. 

The policeman, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was said to have killed the 42-year-old driver identified as Olumide Likinyo on Tuesday night.
The killer cop was said to be a member of a police team which mounted a checkpoint near the scene of the incident. Likinyo and seven passengers in his vehicle were on their way to Okitipupa in Ondo State, having bought goods from Idumagbo area of Lagos State, when the incident happened.
Eye witnesses said the unfortunate incident happened at about 9:45pm when the team of policemen flagged down the driver and ordered him to park by the roadside.
After parking and alighting from the vehicle, one of the policemen, for reasons yet unknown, opened fire, killing the driver.
One of the passengers, Folake Egbeuwalo, said that the police corporal gunned down the driver in cold blood. Egbeuwalo said the policemen ran away immediately the driver died but later came back and took away his corpse in a patrol van marked NPF 104 OD. She added: “The late driver was our permanent driver. He used to carry us from Okitipupa to Lagos.
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