BY FOLASHADE KEHINDE
UNKNOWN hoodlums have shot dead an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Ondo Town, Ondo State.
The victim, identified as Sunday Omiwoye, was said to have been shot at close range by the gunmen while he was standing in front of his friend’s house, along Agbala area, behind Saint Monica’s Girl Grammar School.
The late FRSC official was said to have been shot while trying to prevent the killers from apprehending some people they were reportedly chasing.
According to eyewitnesses, Omiwoye had gone to visit his friend with his wife. It was while he was alighting from his motorbike that the said people ran towards him to seek for help as they were being chased.
The FRSC official reportedly challenged the men but instead of them responding to his queries, one of them shot him at close range and he died instantly.
Mrs Bunmi Sunday, wife of the deceased, recounting her ordeal, said, ”My husband and I went to see one of his friends that stays on the same street with us.
“Suddenly, some men ran towards where we were standing by the gate. My husband was trying to park his motorcycle then. So, two gunmen came with a bike and started beating the boys that ran to us.
“My husband challenged them. But they told him that they were not there for him and that he should go inside the gate. I went in immediately, but my husband was still outside standing by his motorcycle.”
“Later, we heard a gunshot. So, I ran out of the gate and saw my husband on the floor in the pool of his own blood. The gunmen ran away with his phone and motorcycle key,” she added.
The corpse of the deceased official has, however, been deposited at the State Specialist Hospital morgue, in Ondo town.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Funmilayo Odunlami, could not be reached for comments as of the time of filing this report.
