Three persons have been arrested in connection with
a recent mob attack on a patrol team of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at
Igbo-Ukwu, Anambra, the agency said.
In a statement issued in Abuja, Spokesman’s of the
FRSC, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said the suspects were arrested by the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad of the Anambra State Police Command.
According to him, the three are suspected to be part
of the mob that attacked the FRSC personnel after an offending commercial
motorcyclist fell while trying to evade arrest by the team.
Earlier, there was speculation on the Internet that
the FRSC patrol team was mobbed for allegedly demanding bribe at Ichida also in
Anambra.
But Kazeem issued a statement, dismissing the rumour
as not correct.
“The true position is that an offending Okada man
who sighted our personnel on normal patrol, suddenly turned to escape arrest
and fell in the process.
“His fall attracted sympathy from miscreants and
other Okada men who then seized the opportunity to mob the personnel,” he said.
Kazeem said efforts were being made to apprehend
“the other miscreants and ‘Okada’ riders for prosecution”.
Reacting to the arrests, Corps Marshal of the FRSC,
Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, commended the Inspector-General of Police and the Police
Command in Anambra for their prompt action.
Oyeyemi enjoined them to fish out others at large
for prosecution so as to serve as deterrent to potential offenders.
“The Corps Marshal said the FRSC would continue to
cooperate with other sister agencies in the discharge of its statutory
duties.
duties.
“He added that the Corps would no longer tolerate
the harassment, assault and victimisation of its personnel on flimsy excuses
and trivial issues,” Kazeem said.
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