The Ondo State Police Command said on Friday that the police officer who killed a truck driver along the Akure-Owo Expressway on Monday has voluntarily surrendered himself for prosecution.
The state Police spokesman, Femi Joseph, told newsmen that the officer, Sergeant Idowu Omosuyi showed up at the police headquarters on Thursday, barely twenty-four hours after he was declared wanted by the police authorities.
Omosuyi, was attached to the Federal Highway Patrol at a security checkpoint in Uso, along Akure/Owo Federal Highway in the state when he shot and killed a truck driver for refusing to give him a bribe.
The PPRO explained that Omosuyi along with the police officers would face a disciplinary panel as directed by the state police authority.
According to him, the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Udie Adie, has already set up a panel to investigate and also prosecute the erring officers.
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Joseph, who described the killing of the driver as “barbaric and gruesome murder” said the state Police Command regretted the unfortunate incident and condemned it in its entirety.
He commiserated with the family of the deceased.
He said: “The officer (Sergeant Omoniyi) would now have to face a panel of investigation that was set up by the Commissioner of Police on the case.
“We have repeatedly said that the case would not be swept under the carpet and just as we have assured members of the public that the Nigeria police shall continue to abide by the laws and protect the lives and properties of the people.”
