Truck driver remanded for fatally striking 60-year old man in Ekiti

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the remand of a 48-year old man, Ahmed Isah, at a correctional facility over the alleged murder of a 60-year old man, one Taiwo Ayeni.

The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant allegedly committed the offence on October 30, 2026, at about 7:30 p.m. at a military checkpoint along the Ikere-Akure Road in Ikere-Ekiti Magisterial District.

Oriyomi alleged that Isah, while driving a Mercedes-Benz 814 truck marked KWL 842 XD, drove negligently and dangerously, thereby causing the death of Taiwo.

The prosecutor also alleged that the defendant drove the truck without a valid driver’s licence.

He said the offences were contrary to Section 7(1) and punishable under Section 18(1), Volume 4, of the Road Traffic Law of Ekiti State, 2011.

Counsel to the defendant, Barrister J.S. Balogun, urged the court to grant his client bail, assuring it that he would not jump bail.

In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mr Abayomi Adeosun, ordered that the defendant be remanded at the correctional facility.

The case was adjourned to December 3, 2026, for mention.