The Kwara State Police Command is searching for the driver and motor boy of a Conoil truck following the death of a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, identified as Sheu.
According to reports, Sheu went missing on Friday after borrowing a motorcycle from his brother to purchase clothes for his side business.
His family reportedly launched a search after he failed to return home. Their investigation eventually led to the discovery of his body on a bridge in the Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin.
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, confirmed that the police had arrested a tricycle operator identified as Basit, who allegedly transported the student to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital after the incident.
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The operator reportedly claimed to have handed the deceased’s body over to the Conoil truck crew while allegedly presenting himself as the student’s brother. He was said to have told investigators that he did not know where the body was taken afterwards.
The police commissioner disclosed that the body was initially treated as unidentified and buried before it was exhumed and identified by the deceased’s family.
Police efforts are now focused on locating the truck driver and motor boy to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and the transfer of the body.
The bereaved family is demanding justice and wants investigators to determine whether those involved acted out of ignorance or for financial gain.
The investigation is ongoing.
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