At least 4 people were crushed to death when a yet-to-be-identified ‘yahoo boy’ reportedly rammed his Toyota car into commercial motorcycles also known as Okada at Ijoka Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital.
An eyewitness said the ‘Yahoo boy’ was driving along the road and suddenly skidded off its lane to crush them.
” Immediately the accident happened some sympathizers who rushed to rescue the victims and the driver, later found some fetish items inside the driver’s vehicle, raising suspension that he is a ‘yahoo boy’.
” The sympathizers who were angered by their discovery in the car, descended on the driver and beat him to a point of comatose.
” For the timely intervention of the men of the state police command, who arrived at the scene, the driver and his vehicle would have been set ablaze by the mob following what they discovered in his vehicle’, he said.
Shortly after, men of the state police command arrived the scene and took the beaten driver away from the mob.
The Police officer, who rescued the driver from the mob, declined comment.
The deceased was later taken to the state hospital mortuary while those injured were treated at the same hospitals.
One of the policemen said that the driver was taken to the state police command headquarters for questioning.
” We’ve to rescue the suspect from the mob, thank God we arrived at the scene on time, they would’ve killed the boy.
” He has been detained at the state police headquarters in Akure. Our detectives would be questioning him”.
The state police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, could not be reached for further comment.
