Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested a 60-year old man and his two sons, has been arrested for beating up officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and setting ablaze the corps’ patrol van.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesman for Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, said that the FRSC operatives who were on duty, along Bauchi-Gombe road, stopped the suspects but the driver refused to stop.
According to him, the suspects, Umar Gwallaga (60) and his two sons – Nasiru Umar Gwallaga (42) and his younger brother, Usman Umar Gwallaga (39), who were driving in a Mitsubishi Pajero Jeep were on their way to Gombe from Bauchi when they were stopped.
Hesaid: “On March 7, 2023, at about 6.00 am, one Nasiru Umar, 42 years old of Gwallaga, Bauchi, Bauchi State, loaded his family members in his Mitsubishi Pajero Jeep from Bauchi to Gombe State.
“On reaching Tashan Durumi village, in Kirfi LGA, a patrol team of FRSC on a Federal highway, performing their strategic duties while on stop-and-search, stopped the vehicle but the driver refused to stop.
“At about 3.00 pm, while he was returning from Gombe to Bauchi, he was stopped and asked to present particulars of the vehicle, he then came out of the vehicle and attacked one of the FRSC personnel, Anas Aliyu, and as a result, he had a dislocation on his hand.
“He further went and attacked the patrol team driver and then set the patrol van on fire, in the process, his father, Umar Ahmed Gwallaga, 60 years and his younger brother, Usman Umar Gwallaga, 39 years old, joined him in attacking the personnel.
“Presently, the suspect and his conspirators were arrested and are under Police detention at Kirfi Police Division.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Aminu Alhassan has directed the DPO Kirfi, to conduct preliminary investigations while the case file should be transferred to the SCIIB for further discreet investigations. If the suspects are found wanting, the Police Command would charge them to court for arson.”
Meanwhile, the FRSC Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullahi, condemned the incident, describing it as most unfortunate.
He wondered why people take the laws into their hands for no just cause.
Abdullahi assured that the FRSC will pursue the case to a logical conclusion and ensure that justice is done in order to serve as a deterrent to others.
