Hit-And-Run Driver Declared Wanted After Injuring VIO Officer

The Ekiti State Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) and sister security agencies have initiated a manhunt for a driver who has yet to be identified and harmed a VIO officer.

Adewale Ojo, the victim, just averted death by whiskers when he was hit by the driver of an Ilorin-bound 18-seater commercial bus on Monday, July 17, 2023.

The event, which occurred in Ayegbaju-Ekiti, Oye local government area of the state, caused anxiety and fear as the hit-and-run vehicle fled the scene.

According to an eyewitness, the VIO officer, who held the rank of Assistant Inspection Officer (AIO) and was assigned to the organization’s Ikole-Ekiti zonal office, was leading other officers on a regular operation in the area when the incident occurred.

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According to an eyewitness, the victim was standing on the road and waved down a commercial bus traveling at great speed from Ifaki-Ekiti to Ikole-Ekiti.

The unidentified driver, who is presently on the organization’s and police’s wanted list, is reported to have hit the cop, causing significant injuries.

He was hurried to the neighborhood health facility before being moved to Ekiti State Specialist Hospital, where he is still undergoing treatment.

Narrating his ordeal on the hospital bed, the victim said, “I was with my other colleagues in Ayegbaju-Ekiti, during a routine exercise which we normally carry out every Monday of the week. We were at the damaged portion of the road, when the Kwara bus driver was coming from Ifaki-Ekiti axis.

“Immediately he saw us on the road, he increased his speed and my colleagues who had noticed him fled. But before I could notice he had already hit me. Immediately, I became unconscious and was rushed from the scene to a nearby hospital,” the witness said.

“None of us could pick his number or face, neither could any of my colleagues identify him. I woke up in the hospital with bruises all over my body, I am in pain and very weak. I had no intention to dare him. It happened so suddenly than I could imagine,” he lamented.

The victim and other officers of the organization had requested support to enable him to receive full therapy because he could hardly walk.