According to him “The Yahoo boy was driving a Toyota car along the road and suddenly skidded off its lane to crush the victims who were on commercial motorcycles also known as Okada.
” For the timely intervention of the men of the state police command, who arrived at the scene, the driver and his vehicle would have been set ablaze by the mob following what they discovered in his vehicle.
The Police officer, who rescued the driver from the mob, declined comment.
”We’ve to rescue the suspect from the mob, thank God we arrived at the scene on time, they would’ve killed the boy.
”He has been detained at the state police headquarters in Akure. Our detectives would be questioning him.
The state police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, could not be reached for further comment.