HOODLUMS allegedly attacked a driver, Dickson Okechukwu, and wrecked his vehicle, after he rammed into a motorcyclist and his passenger while driving against traffic in Akute, Ogun State.
Reports reveal that Okechukwu, who lives in a nearby estate, after ramming into the Akute-bound motorcycle attempted to save the motorcyclist and the lady he was conveying to a destination in the area.
During the process, a gang of about ten hoodlums, enraged at Okechukwu for driving against traffic, descended on him and a yet-to-be-identified person in his vehicle, hurling stones and iron objects at them.
Okechukwu stated that in a desperate attempt to flee the hoodlums, he and the person in his vehicle abandoned the car for safety and rushed the injured motorcyclist and passenger to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Okechukwu told The PUNCH that the hoodlums stole his belongings in the car and damaged his vehicle, stealing one of four tires, including a spare tire, and the brain box.
He said, “Some of the boys who attacked me know that I live in the estate close to this place. They removed one of my car tires and stole the spare tire. The hoodlums carted away the brain box of my car and crushed it to ruin despite knowing that I was trying to save the injured motorcycle rider.
“Some officers of the Ajuwon Police Station came. I think some people called them when the hoodlums attacked me, damaged my car, and they left.”
When asked if the incident had been reported to the nearest police station, Okechukwu declined to comment further on the attack.
However, an eyewitness, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity for security reasons, claimed that the hoodlums took the law into their own hands, adding that the driver’s focus following the crash was to save the injured victims.
The eyewitness said, “The boys who attacked him know that he lives just a few meters from Akute. They came with iron objects that broke the windscreen and rear lights of the car. The victims did not die and they know that they were trying to take the injured victims to the hospital.”
During a visit to the Ajuwon Police Station yesterday, to inquire about the outcome of the police investigation into the crash, the attack on the errant driver and the person he was carrying, and the condition of the injured victims in hospital, a police officer told newsmen that Okechukwu had yet to file an official complaint about the incident.
The officer, on the other hand, stated that the division was aware of the incident and that the driver was speeding on a one-way street when the accident occurred.
He said, “The reason people of the community mounted a roadblock on the side of the road is to prevent cars from plying one-way direction. The driver disobeyed the traffic law. We cannot move further on any investigation unless he makes an official complaint.”
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