The driver of the hit-and-run vehicle that struck a professor of Biochemistry at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Oladipupo Ademuyiwa, and killed him on Sunday, is suspected to be a Yahoo boy (Internet fraudster).
This was disclosed to The Punch by an officer involved in the investigation. The officer quoted eye-witnesses of the sad event.
Recall that Ademuyiwa was hit by the reckless driver, who fled the scene as soon as the accident occurred along the Kemta-Somorin axis of the Ajebo Road, Ogun State on Sunday.
The officer who spoke to the publication said the police were summoned by a passer-by, but by the time they arrived the driver had already fled.
The officer said that other divisions in the area had been alerted to be on the lookout for any accident-damaged vehicle matching the description given by an eyewitness, but no such vehicle had yet been sighted.
The eye-witnesses told the police the hit-and-run car was driven by a young man who cut the picture of an internet fraudster because of his approach and the reckless manner in which he drove.
“There was a CCTV camera in a building near the area, and we approached the owner, but unfortunately, they claimed the CCTV camera was not operational at the time of the incident.
“We also reached out to the Adigbe Division and mechanic workshops in the area, asking them to notify us if they spotted any accident-damaged vehicle, but we have yet to receive any report. At this moment, we have no tangible clue to trace the suspect,” the officer said.
The police said they had sent out the dragnet to catch the fleeing suspect.
