Four officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission have been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly killing a man.
The deceased, Odeon Omafo, was said to have been beaten to death on October 14, after which the assailants buried him in a shallow grave.
The FRSC officials identified as Francis Igboh, Sunday Ogi, Samson Alolade and Joseph Onolade.
Odion was allegedly beaten to death after putting up a resistance when the FRSC officials allegedly tried extorting the driver of an Audi 80 car he boarded at Okhuaihe Hill along Benin-Agbor Road on October 14, 2019.
According to the police, the driver of the car fled the scene of the incident, but the deceased, who was confirmed dead when rushed to the hospital, was buried in a shallow grave by the FRSC officials.
But the bubble allegedly burst when the car’s driver was arrested for kidnapping only to tell the police what really happened.
Odion’s corpse was exhumed after the FRSC officials led detectives to the bush where they buried him.
Edo State Police Spokesperson, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident and said it was a case of murder.
Nwabuzor said, “Our operatives in the homicide section of the State Criminal and Intelligence Investigation Department (SCIID), police headquarters, Benin City are investigating the case. It is a case of murder.”
