Ogun police deny killing Remo Stars footballer

Police in Ogun say the footballer killed on Saturday was knocked down by a hit-and -run driver and not by a policeman as reported.
Reports on Saturday alleged that an operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) had killed Kazeem Tiyamiyu, of Remo Stars FC, after he was arrested.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the late footballer, who was popularly known as Kaka, died while trying to escape after his arrest.
“A police inspector attached to Zonal Intervention Squad, Obada-Oko, in Abeokuta, was said to have received an information about the deceased that he was always putting on military apparels knowing fully well that he was not a military personnel.
“Based on the information, the inspector went to Sagamu and saw the deceased putting on a military cap consequent upon which he got him arrested.
“On the way to Abeokuta, the vehicle they were traveling in developed a mechanical fault and while the officer was trying to rectify the fault, the arrested person jumped down from the vehicle to escape.
“In his bid to run across the road, an on coming vehicle which was on high speed knocked him down and he died on the spot,” he said.
Oyeyemi disclosed that the Commissioner of Police had ordered the immediate arrest of the officer for his unprofessional act of leaving an arrested person alone in the vehicle.
“A full scale investigation into the case by the State Crriminal Investigation and Intelligence Department has commenced,” he said. (NAN)