A 41-year-old man identified as Usman Bukar, who.claimed to hail from
Kano state, has been arrested by police in Delta state for putting a
Taxi driver in coma after slapping him
- Bukar was said to have been angered by the driver's claim that President Buhari is allegedly dead
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Spokesman of Delta state police command Andrew Aniamaka confirmed that
the victim is receiving treatment while Bukar is in custody
A
Taxi driver in Delta state has gotten himself into deep trouble and
ended up in a coma after claiming that President Muhammmadu Buhari is
dead despite clear warning from the presidency to desist from such
statements.
Leadership reports that the man was slapped into deep
unconsciousness at the Temple Clinic Junction Asaba by a 41- year-old
man identified as Usman Bukar who claimed to hail from Kano state.
According
to eyewitness account, Bukar was said to have attacked the driver whose
name was not given after he openly celebrated an online media report
alleging that President Buhari had died. The driver, who had joined
other ‘free readers’ at a newspaper stand at Temple Clinic Junction was
reported to have not only celebrated Buhari’s death but also made
inciting comments about the country’s number one citizen.
He was
reported to have said: “The body of the President should be thrown into
River-Niger, he is very wicked for fish and other wild animals to do
justice on him.”
The driver’s words angered Bukar, who also was
also at the newsstand to buy one of the daily newspapers. Leadership
quoted a source as saying that “he (Bukar) slapped the driver and
following the slap, the man immediately moved into unexpected coma” .
It
was timely intervention of the police that prevented the matter from
degenerating into a bloody fight between relations of the taxi-driver
who were later invited to the scene.
Leadership reports that the
driver was later rushed to a private hospital where he is being revived
as at the time of the report.
The spokesman of Delta state police
command Andrew Aniamaka confirmed that the victim is receiving
treatment adding that the alleged attacker had been arrested and
detained for interrogation. Meanwhile, the date of President
Muhammadu
Buhari's return has been made known by his special adviser on media and
publicity Femi Adesina. Adeshina made the revelation on Friday, January
27 during a chat with Televison Continental (TVC).
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