Police officer crushed by patrol van in Ekiti set for burial

 

By Moses Okorie

365Daily – A Superintendent of Police, Ojo Ayeni, who was crushed to death by the patrol van belonging to Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Nigeria Police Force is set for burial on Friday, December 31, 2021, at his hometown Erifin, Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

The late Ayeni was said to have met his waterloo while he was on a motorcycle along Federal Polytechnic, Ado/Ijan Road in Ekiti as operatives of RRS were chasing some suspected fraudsters known as ‘Yahoo Boys’.

According to a source who revealed to this to newsmen, “He actually came home to eat; his wife has a shop around Aba Ebira in the polytechnic community. There is this bad spot along the road, beside the silo.

“So the deceased came to his wife’s shop to eat; he came with one of his friends’ motorcycle. He was working at Odo Ado which is not that far from here.

“The RRS operatives were in two hilux vehicles chasing a Benz. I don’t know where they were chasing the guys from. As they were about to overtake the Benz, the deceased who is popularly known as Baba Ada was coming from the other side and one of the vehicles hit him. He died immediately”.

Family sources also said on Thursday that the deceased will be buried at his residence at Damola Street, Aba Erufun, Ado-Ekiti on Friday.

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