Some yet-to-be-identified Police officers in Ogun state have reportedly shot dead a truck driver and his motor boy in the state.<\/p>\n
The shooting happened along the Itori axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Monday.<\/p>\n
The incident led to breach of public peace in the area as pandemonium ensued, grounding commercial activities in the area.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that the policemen in their patrol van met the victim driving against traffic to avoid the bad portion of the road in Ewekoro<\/a> Local Government, the same offense the cops were also said to be guilty of.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen they saw the truck driver, they told him to turn back. The driver was trying to be reluctant and they shot his tyres.<\/p>\n \u201cThis led to an altercation and at the end of the day, the policemen shot dead the truck driver and his motor boy.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was why the youths of Itori blocked the road to protest the unjust killing of the driver and his colleague,\u201d an eyewitness told our correspondent.<\/p>\n For hours, commuters were held in traffic without any end in sight to the traffic jam, which started building up around 4 pm.<\/p>\n