The Ondo State Police Command have said that ,the evidence on ground has not proven that the young man who was alleged to have killed people at Ijoka in an accident was a Yahoo boy .
Confirming the accident, the police public relations officer (PPRO),in the state , Funmi Odunlami Omisanya, said no one can confirm the boy who drove the car was a Yahoo boy
The accident which happened on Monday morning was earlier reported to have been caused by a young man, whom the people believed was an Internet fraudster (Yahoo boy).
According to the statement she issued, she said the case was an accident which led to the death of a motorcyclist. She added that the young man, 35, was subsequently killed by the mob who perceived him as a fraudster.
The PPRO added that the parents of the boy who came to scene of the incident were almost killed, save for the intervention of the police.
“No one can confirm if the young man in question is an internet fraudster, there was an accident that led to the death of a motorcyclist.
“Rather than people around to help, some resolved to Jungle Justice by killing the young man, OlorunFemi Tope aged 35 who drove the vehicle and set the car ablaze. But for the quick intervention of the police, his parents too would have been killed.
“In all two people confirm dead while six others involved and injured in the accident are currently in the hospital,” she said
