A policeman who was part of the taskforce enforcing the compliance of filling stations with the official pricing system in Akure has been mobbed by some hoodlums in the line of duty.
The unnamed brutalized policeman
According to a Twitter user Oluyemi Fasipe, @yemiefash, the director of Heroes Filling Station in Akure, Ondo State ordered thugs to beat up a policeman after being unknowingly left alone by his team which was monitoring the price of petrol across filling stations in the South-western state.
In the process of the reported attack, the young man was left bleeding profusely from his face where he sustained several injuries.
Below is what @yemieFash tweeted:
"This is Ayodele Oladimeji He was lynched by some thugs on the order of the Director of Heroes filling station in Akure, Ondo State after an operation to enforce the sales of control price on fuel. His team members and the police men left not knowing he has not joined them."