Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin
TRAGEDY struck on Tuesday evening in Ilorin, Kwara State as a local vigilante member allegedly shot dead a commercial driver.
The suspect identified as Sule fled after killing the commercial bus driver for refusing to part with N5,000 bribe.
The driver was returning from Ibadan in defiance of the COVID-19 lockdown order.
Sule and his colleagues were said to have stopped the driver at Eyenkorin area of the metropolis and demanded N5,000, which the driver reportedly resisted.
It was gathered that the remains of the deceased had since been deposited at the General Hospital, Ilorin morgue after a complaint was lodged with the police by the family of the deceased.
Police spokesman Ajayi Okasanmi said the incident was being investigated.
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