A tragic event hit Owo, Ondo state yesterday Monday December 2nd after a police officer allegedly shot a commercial truck driver dead over N100 bribe.
According to eyewitnesses, the driver was stopped by the police officer who, along with some other officers, were on a stop and search duty. The officer allegedly asked for a N100 bribe but the truck driver refused to give him. There was an exchange of words and the officer allegedly opened fire on the truck driver, shooting him in the head. The driver died instantly.
Facebook user, Mercy-Blossom Oyisi, who witnessed the incident, wrote ;
Something happened not quite long, I’ve always heard about it but never experienced it. A police man killed a truck driver because of #100, the Hausa guys around started shooting randomly because one of them was killed, we ran into the bush when we started hearing gunshots.
There are dead people due to the shooting between the Hausa guys and the police men. One mama in our bus was shot while we were running. I’ve not recovered, still shivering.
Because of #100 o, how are some people different from animals?
The Ondo state police command is yet to react to the incident.
