Saddiq Dzukogi and his friend David were allegedly injured
after some FRSC officers jumped on the okada that was conveying them home
yesterday evening. He survived with minor injury but his friend's right arm was
disclocated. (pictured on hospital bed) Below is what he wrote:
"This is the story- The Officer's Name is HB Mohammed.
We recently initiated a weekly writing clinic, for ourselves, at AMAB bookshop.
Today was one of such days where we go there to read, write poetry and talk
about the things happening around the writing world.
I couldn’t drive my car today because of the fuel scarcity
in Minna, so I took a bike to the rendezvous site. After spending hours there
with David, we were drained and since there was power outage our computers
couldn’t work beyond those hours we had stayed.
It was time to go home, David was invited over to my place
by my loving wife. She prepared Kunun Aya for David, it’s his favourite local
drink. We boarded a tricycle. Few minutes to my home we encountered FRSC
Officers, popularly known as Road Safety. One of the officers jumped on the
tricycle without any warning. I was going all “calm down calm down” when he
reached for the wheel and forced it right. The next thing I knew was we were
tumbling on the highway. It was the people around that raised us from
underneath the tricycle. The officers barely escaped a mob action.
I survived with minor injuries but with severe body ache. I
have been given medication and David has got a broken left arm. He is presently
on admission at the Minna general Hospital.
Yeah and the so called offense was that the tricycle rider
had four passengers instead of 3. Well I am not saying that the guy was right
to do so, but here, all the tricycle riders carry four passengers. Now this is
what I don’t understand, the officer did not ask this guy to pull over, didn’t
give him the option of pulling over. The hulk man just thought it was
convenient to use his muscle. This is a man who has sworn to keep the road
safe. Quite baffling, it is ridiculous.
The rider has reported the case to the Police, I have laid a
complaint at the FRSC office in Minna. And my friends at the Nigerian
Television Authority, Minna are interested in this. So tomorrow is gonna be
hectic, David got to do X-ray.
Thanks friends for all the calls and messages. We appreciate
the love and concern. Poetry for life!"
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