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Deputy Inspector General Of Police Vehicle Kills Motorcyclist In Ondo
A source said a commercial motorcyclist was allegedly hit by the SUV and died on the spot, while the vehicle swerved off the road.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 29, 2020
A yet-to-be identified person was killed in a crash involving the vehicle of a serving Deputy Inspector-General of Police on the Akure-Ondo Expressway, in Bolorunduro, headquarters of the Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday.
According to PUNCH, the DIG whose identity has not been revealed, was not in the Toyota Land Cruiser SUV that was involved in the accident, but some of his aides were.
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A-yet-to-be-identified person was killed in a road accident involving the vehicle of a serving Deputy Inspector General of Police along Akure-Ondo Expressway in Bolorunduro, the headquarters of the Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday.
It was gathered the DIG, whose identity has not been revealed, was however not in the Toyota Land CruiserJeep involved in the accident but some of his aides were present.
A source said a commercial motorcyclist was allegedly hit on the road by the jeep and was said to have died instantly while the jeep swerved off the road.
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Some suspected hired assassins at the weekend invaded an hotel in Akure, Ondo State capital, killing a 38-year-old businessman, Babatunde Adeluka Olubasa, who lodged at the hotel.
Olubasa who was in Akure for a social function was said to have retired to the hotel when the assailants who trial him to the hotel opened fire on him at close distance.
A source disclosed that the deceased had retired to his room but returned to the bar to request for drink when the suspected assassins approached him and eventually shot him severally before leaving the hotel.
He explained that one of the suspected killers, approached the late Olubasa and requested for a cigarette lighter which he declined and led to an argument between them and the suspected gunmen immediately brought out guns and shot him dead on the spot.
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The Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration, Prof Bayonile Ademodi, is dead.
Though details of the death had not been revealed as at the time of filing this report on Saturday night, it was gathered that the commissioner passed away on Saturday at the age of 68. His death was confirmed by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation , Mr Doland Ojogo, on Saturday, in Akure, the state capital
Ojogo simply said, “It (news of his death) was received with great shock and disbelief.” His death was also confirmed by a former Caretaker Chairman of Ondo East Local Government Area, Wale Akinlosotu