25-year-old trailer driver shot dead in Edo

A 25-year-old trailer driver has been found dead at Iyaro, along the New Lagos Road in Benin, Edo State.

The driver, identified as Anthony, was said to have been found dead on Monday with bullet wounds in the chest and head around 3am.

One of the victim’s colleagues, Zakari Musa, said he was informed on the telephone that Anthony had been killed and taken to the mortuary by the police.

He said that the late driver was conveying goods from Ofusu in Edo State to Ughelli in Delta State before the incident occurred.

Zakari said, “It was last night around 3am that someone called that one of our drivers was killed, adding that the police took the corpse to a mortuary.

“He was killed around Iyaro, close to Kada Chicken Republic. His name is Anthony but his nickname is Oshiomhole. He just carried goods from Ofusu to Ughelli, but parked at Iyaro.

“We don’t know whether he was killed by armed robbers. So, we want the police to investigate the matter.”

The Edo State Police Command, however, said the man was killed by armed robbers.

The spokesperson for the command, DSP Noble Uwoh, told our correspondent on the telephone that the late driver was shot in the head.

Uwoh said, “The man was shot in the head by armed robbers. The people around called the police and when our men got there, they discovered that the man was shot in the head. So, the police had deposited the corpse in the mortuary.”

He said investigation was ongoing, adding that the fleeing robbers would face the wrath of the law.