A Police van has reportedly crushed a police man to death while chasing a suspected yahoo boy along Federal Polytechnic, Ado/Ijan Road.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening when the RRS Police of Ekiti State command was trying to over take a Mecedez Benz and hit Supol Ayeni a police man who was driving a motorcycle.
According to report by Saharareporters, Supol Ayeni who went to his wife’s nearby to eat died at a spot.
“He actually came home to eat, his wife has a shop around Aba Ebira in the polytechnic community. There is this bad spot along the road, beside the silo, so the deceased came to his wife’s shop up eat, he came with one of his friends motorcycle. He was working at Odo Ado which is not that far from here.
“The RRS operatives were in two hilux vehicles chasing a Benz. I don’t know where they were chasing the guys from, as they were about to overtake the Benz, the deceased who is popularly known as Baba Ada was coming from the other side and one of the vehicles hit him. He died immediately,” a source told SaharaReporters.
While confirming the incident a colleague of the deceased confirmed his death saying that the RRS Police man who where involved has been detained at the state head quarters in Ekiti.
“Yes, Supol Ayeni is dead, He was hit by RRS van. I’m still confused my brother, this was someone I saw earlier today.”
The Spokesperson of Ekiti state Police command, Sunday Abutu, is yet to confirm the incident as of the Time of writing this report.
