Hoodlums Beat Naval Officer To Death In Ondo

Hoodlums have beaten a naval officer, Akingbohun M, to death in Imeri, Ose local government area of Ondo State following a minor disagreement.

The deceased attached to the Navy Secondary School, Imeri, was said to have been beaten to death by a six-man mob in the community.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the incident happened on Monday, at Idoani and it was reported to the nearby police division by a friend of the deceased, Sunday Olaoluwa.

An eyewitness who narrated the disagreement between the late officer and the hoodlums said the deceased was driving along the community when he splashed mud water on an Okada rider and his passenger simply identified as Ayo.

According to him, the deceased parked and apologised to the passenger and the Okada rider but his apology was ignored.

He said the Okada rider invited some hoodlums to the scene and one of them hit the deceased on the head with an iron rod and he fell.

The naval officer was rushed to the hospital in the town but was confirmed dead on arrival.

He informed that the Okada rider was apprehended and handed over to the police while the thugs that hit the deceased with the iron rod fled on hearing the news about the death.

Confirming the incident, the police spokesperson Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said the deceased was killed during a disagreement that arose from a minor motorcycle accident.

Odunlami-Omisanya said the suspects used iron and plank to beat him before he was confirmed dead at the hospital where he was rushed to.