A taxi driver accused of being responsible for the death of a Vanguard Journalist, Tordue Salem, has been apprehended by police.
Itoro Clement, 29, was paraded in Abuja on Friday.
According to the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, Clement was arrested following an investigation conducted by the Intelligence Bureau.
He stated that Clement, who drives a 2004 Toyota Camry with the license plate BWR 243 BK, admitted to hitting Tordue around 10:00 p.m. on the 13th of October in the Mabushi district of Abuja but fled.
Mba quoted what the driver told investigators during questioning: “I thought it was an armed robber that I knocked down until the following day when I saw a smashed phone on my windscreen. The phone was not working again so I threw it away.”
Clement said that despite knowing he had hit someone, he did not stop, arguing that the area was notorious for criminal activity.
“The place I knocked this person down, is a criminal place everybody knows that place,” Mba further quoted Clement.
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