Some parts of Osogbo the capital of Osun state were Friday afternoon thrown into palpable fear in as a Police officer allegedly shot a truck driver.
A resident of the city who claimed to witness the incident told Radio Nigeria that the deceased who was driving a borehole drilling truck was brutalized before he was shot dead at the Ota-Efun area Osogbo.
The drilling truck, it was gathered, broke down along Ikirun way around 10:30am.
It was gathered that the driver and his crew allegedly blocked the road while trying to fix the vehicle before the police got to the place.
Another witness who identified himself as Olu told Radio Nigeria that the police officers who came down from a mini commercial bus (Korope) hit the driver with a shovel under the truck before he was shot with a pistol in the chest, while the police officers immediately took off their uniforms and ran away.
The corpse of the driver was allegedly taken away by the police officers before the mob could gather.
As the angry mob advanced to the Ota Efun police station, police fired live bullets to scare the Crowd, but the mob refused to leave the Ikirun Osogbo highway around Ota Efun.
Chairman of NURTW Oroki park Osogbo, Adewale Kareem (Asiri Eniba) who ran into scenario pleaded with the the angry protesters and encourage them to open the blocked road.
However, efforts to speak to the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola was not successful as she did not pick calls to her telephone.
Adenitan Akinola
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