The Oyo State Police Command has arrested the driver who reportedly killed a popular Presenter with Fresh FM. Ibadan, Oluwafemi Oluwajobi on New Year eve. He confessed to the accident that eventually killed the ace presenter after he reported himself to the police.
Information gathered from the The command’s Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, was that the driver whose name is yet to be revealed to the public, he initially lied that the deceased was hit by his electrician whom he gave the vehicle to.
Ajisebutu said,“A man was arrested in connection with the accident that killed Oluwajobi. He actually lied that he was not the driver after presenting himself at the police station. He said he gave the car to an electrician who killed the deceased on the night of December 31, 2017. But after interrogation, he confessed that he was actually the driver of the car.â€
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The driver later confessed that he committed the crime and it happened while he was on his way from his shop in Ogunpa area of Ibadan and that he was out in search for fuel at the time that the incident happened.
“I was coming when I saw some people beside the road on that night. The brake failed and I lost control of the vehicle. I hit an electric pole in the process and the car was about to somersault when I hit the man. I did not know if he died. I managed to escape from the scene and took a commercial motorcycle to turn myself in.â€
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Oluwafemi was knocked down close to the radio station after presenting his live programme at Yinka Ayefele’s Fresh FM in Challenge, Ibadan on his way to Cross Over Night church service.
He was buried in Ibadan on Tuesday, January 2, 2017.
We at SOJ Worldwide commiserates with the family the deceased left behind, his fans, Yinka Ayefele and the entire staff of FRESH FM (105.9FM) Ibadan. May God give you all the courage to bear this irreparable loss.
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