Driver loses control and dies after policeman shot him for refusing to pay bribe

A commercial driver has lost his life in Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, after reportedly being shot by a policeman he met at a check point.

An eyewitness, Bamitale Oguntoyinbo, a former chairman of Oye LGA, revealed that the incident happened last night.

He added that trouble began when the policeman demanded certain amount of money from the driver, which he said the driver turned down.

He revealed that the police van trailed the commercial driver who was on his way from Ilorin through Ayegbaju-Ifaki road, before the he was finally shot at Oye -Ekiti, making him lose control of the bus.

It was further gathered that all passengers in the bus sustained various degrees of injuries.