A Naval officer, Akingbohun M, attached to the Navy Secondary School, Imeri, Ose local government of Ondo State has been mobbed to death.
The incident occurred on Monday, at Idoani Community while the officer was driving along the community and mistakenly splashed muddy water on a motorcyclist and his passenger identified as Ayo.
The deceased was said to have parked and apologised to the passenger and the cyclist but his apology fell on deaf ears.
Witnesses said the motorcyclist invited some hoodlums in the community to the scene and one of them hit the officer on the head with an iron rod which made him fall.
He was rushed to the hospital but was confirmed dead on arrival.
Onlookers apprehended the motorcyclist after the mob attack and handed him over to the police while the thugs fled upon hearing that the officer had died.
Angered by the attack on their colleague, some naval men were said to have stormed Idoani community in search of the hoodlums.
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Witnesses said the presence of the Naval men turn the town to a ghost town as commercial activities were halted.
A source said many young men fled to neighbouring communities to avoid being arrested. Ondo State Police confirmed the killing of the officer by a mob of six men.
Spokesman for the command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said a friend of the deceased, Sunday Olaoluwa, reported the incident.
Odunlami-Omisanya said the suspects used iron and plank to beat the deceased, adding that he was confirmed dead at the hospital.
The Nation gathered that three of the suspects were apprehended hours after naval personnel besieged the community.
A source said the suspects were arrested at a farm settlement where they fled to.
The source said community leaders aided arrest of the suspects to avoid ‘curfew’ from being declared on the community.
Chairman of Ose Local Government, Dennis Adekunle, who condemned the killing, assured the Naval authorities of the community’s cooperation.
Adekunle begged the navy to apply minimum force while in search for the suspects.