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Police authorities in Ondo State have
launched an investigation into the death of a bus driver, Ismaila
Sanni, who was allegedly beaten at a filling station in Ikare-Akoko
area of the state. Mr. Sanni died after the fight at the station where
he had gone to re-fuel his minibus, otherwise known as “Agolo”.

NEXT gathered that a dispute ensued
when one of the attendants at the filling station claimed that Mr.
Sanni paid for the fuel he bought with a fake N500 note.

The attendant called the attention of
his colleagues to the fake money. However, the deceased driver denied
giving the attendant the note.

Mr. Sanni’s denial fell on the deaf
ears of the petrol attendants who allegedly beat him to a state of
coma. He was later taken to Ikare General Hospital where he died.

The driver’s death provoked a reappraisal attack from his colleagues who attacked the filling station.

The aggrieved drivers vandalised properties worth millions of naira while the attendants ran for cover.

Some of the workers in the filling stations were however unlucky as they sustained various degrees of injuries in the melee.

Rounds of destruction

The irate drivers also moved to another
filling station allegedly belonging to the same person who owns the one
where Mr. Sanni was attacked and carried out another round of
destruction.

It took the intervention of police in Ikare division to put the situation under control.

Confirming the incident, the
spokesperson of the Ondo State Police Command, Adeniran Aremu, said the
police are currently investigating the matter with a view to punishing
the perpetrators of the crime.

According to him, the situation has now
been brought under control, stressing that the people of the area are
going on with their normal business activities.