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Olorunfemi's burnt car
The Ondo State Police Command has disclosed that a 35-year-old man identified as Olorunfemi Tope, who was killed in a mobbed attack at Ijoka Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, was not an internet fraudster as claimed and reported.
The driver was killed after his vehicle allegedly crushed four people to death on Monday morning.
It was gathered that the deceased was allegedly attempting to escape but the people of the area stopped him.
According to an eyewitness, Tolulope was driving a Toyota car along the road and suddenly his Toyota Camry car skidded off its lane to crush the victims who were on commercial motorcycles also known as okada.
It was gathered that the sympathisers who rushed to the scene to rescue the driver found some fetish items inside the vehicle, raising suspension that the driver was a ‘Yahoo boy’.
The sympathisers who were angered by what they saw in the car, descended on the driver and beat him to a coma. and later gave up the ghost.
The car of the 35-year-old man was also set ablaze. (The PUNCH)
