Dismissed cop remanded for allegedly killing truck driver at checkpoint

An Akure Chief Magistrate Court on Monday remanded a 37-year-old dismissed policeman, Omosuyi Idowu, for allegedly killing a truck driver. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Charity Adeyanju, ordered that Idowu, who at the time of the incident was in the police force, should be remanded at a custodial centre pending his bail application. Adeyanju adjourned the […]

An Akure Chief Magistrate Court on Monday remanded a 37-year-old dismissed policeman, Omosuyi Idowu, for allegedly killing a truck driver.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Charity Adeyanju, ordered that Idowu, who at the time of the incident was in the police force, should be remanded at a custodial centre pending his bail application.

Adeyanju adjourned the case until December 27 for mention.

The defendant is facing a charge of manslaughter.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Uloh Goodluck, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on December 2 at a checkpoint at Uso, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo.

Goodluck told the court that the defendant shot the driver, Mr Ado Saleh, in his head with an AK47 rifle.

The offence, he said, contravened Section 316 of the Criminal Law of the Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

Defence counsel, Mr Ademola Ikujuni, urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him to study the case file.(NAN)