Motorist attacks traffic officer with a bottle

A video captured on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, of a motorist attacking a traffic officer with a bottle has gone viral.

In the video, the motorist broke a bottle on the head of the traffic officer as the officer tried to arrest the offender.

Not knowing what transpired between the officer and the motorist but several Nigerians have reacted to the incident.

The Lagos State Police Command has also commenced investigation into the attack on the Traffic Officer, ASP Daudu Ajayi, attached to Abattoir Division of the Command.

A statement released by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the state police command, says the state Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, was taken aback by the act of the driver and some individuals in the viral video and ordered that the case be thoroughly investigated while the driver and his accomplices involved in the dastardly act be caused to face the full wrath of the law.

Giving an account of what led to the attack, Adejobi said

''The fact of the case is that on Wednesday 21st April, 2021, at about 12.30pm, there was a case of hit and run serious accident involving a vehicle with Reg No BDG 756 YA, which hit a camry car with Reg No. KJA 281 GQ, and as a result a motorcycle rider, Ashiru Saadu, m, was affected and seriously injured.

In the process, the driver of the Camry car waited but the driver of the Dyna vehicle with Reg. No. BDG 746 YA escaped from the scene. Then, the Traffic Officer gave him a chase and he was stopped at Pipeline Area Oko-Oba, Lagos. The driver alighted from the vehicle, pounced on the Traffic Officer and broke a bottle on his head. The officer sustained varying degrees of injuries.''

Adejobi added that the police Commissioner has again warned the general public to desist from launching attacks on police personnel and other security agencies in the state as such will be tactically resisted and culprits (attackers) be dealt with in line with the provisions of the law.

''He has vowed to get the fleeing driver arrested and prosecuted so as to serve as a deterrent to others like him in our society, and to ascertain that the command will not tolerate any act of lawlessness in the state.'' the statement concluded

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