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Policeman who Allegedly Killed Driver at Checkpoint in Ondo Remanded in Prison

Agency Report/

An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 37-year-old ex-policeman, Idowu Omosuyi, for allegedly killing a truck driver.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Charity Adeyanju, ordered that Idowu, who at the time of the incident was in the Police Force, should be remanded at a correctional service centre pending his bail application.

Adeyanju adjourned the case until December 27 for mention.

The defendant is facing a charge of manslaughter.

The accused, Idowu Omosuyi

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Uloh Goodluck, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on December 2 at a checkpoint at Uso, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Goodluck told the court that the defendant shot the driver, Mr. Ado Saleh, on the head with an AK-47 rifle.

The offence, he said, contravened Section 316 of the Criminal Law of the Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

Defence counsel, Mr. Ademola Ikujuni, urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him to study the case file.

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