Passersby in shock at Sokoto yesterday when an official of the Federal
Road Safety Corps (FRSC) hurled a stone into a moving commercial
vehicle, a Toyota Cricket Wagon with registration number SLM 56 AA,
hitting the driver, as a result of which he lost control and the vehicle
somersaulted, injuring all the passengers on board, including an
8-year-old girl.
The accident occurred about 10 am along Western Bye-pass in the Sokoto metropolis.
The FRSC official and his colleagues wanted to escape but were
stopped by a passer-by who jumped into their patrol vehicle and removed
its key. Sensing what might befall them, they moved out of the car and
ran away.
Another account said one of them was lynched by a mob who also
smashed the glasses of the patrol vehicle and punctured its tyres.
It was gathered that they wanted to set the vehicle ablaze but for
the quick intervention of the police and men of the Nigeria Civil
Defence Corps who dispersed them.
The driver of the commercial vehicle, Muhammad Sanusi, while speaking
to Daily Trust, said they were coming to Sokoto from Silame local
government area before the accident.
According to him, he was asked to stop by the officers and as he was
driving off the road to park properly, one of the corps members who
thought he wanted to run away picked a very big stone and pelted him
with it.
The stone, he said, hit him on his right hand as a result of which he lost control of the vehicle.
When contacted, the spokesman of the Sector Command Aliyu Kanya said
they were still gathering facts on the accident after which they would
address a press conference.
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