VIO brutalise lorry driver in Abuja
A mini-lorry driver, Mr Suleiman Adams, on Thursday alleged that an official of the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), Kubgbo Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) brutalised him as he was driving into Abuja.
The driver was said to be coming from the Nyanya axis when officials of the VIO blocked his vehicle with a pick-up van.
According to Adams, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the officials ordered him to open the door of his vehicle which he did.
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He said he inquired if his offence was because he entered Abuja before 10 a.m.
The driver added that the same VIO officials had once stopped him and told him not to enter Abuja before 10 a.m.
“As I stopped my vehicle, one Haruna Husseini, an official of the VIO, slapped me just for no reason and dragged me to their office at Kubgbo.
“When we got to their office, Husseini again started to slap and kick me until I fell to the ground.
During an interview with the alleged brutalised lorry driver, the Kugbo VIO commander, who witnessed the act, sent for police officers in Karu to arrest the NAN correspondent.
However, when the police officers came, they refused to effect the arrest of the NAN correspondent, saying he was carrying out his lawful duty.
