An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the Rivers State Task Force, reportedly shot and killed a commercial bus driver yesterday in Port Harcourt.
The deceased driver was carrying passengers on the Ada George Road in Obio/Akpor Council when a vehicle conveying the task force officials attempted to over take him, but he resisted and maintained his lane.
Eyewitnesses explained that in the process of struggling to overtake him, the task force operatives hit the commercial bus. The driver then, blocked the task force vehicle with his car and insisted that they fix it.
“The driver called on some of his colleagues, who immediately joined him to demand repairs of his vehicle, but as the task force and NSCDC officials refused to accede to their demand, an NSCDC operative, who was trapped in the pandemonium shot the driver and continued shooting sporadically in the air to scare the rampaging drivers,” eyewitness said.
The eyewitness added that the NSCDC official escaped as the drivers scampered for safety following his gunshots, just as The Guardian learnt that the driver died while being taken to the hospital.
The death of the driver caused serious pandemonium in the area, as an angry commercial bus driver reinforced and blocked the NTA/Mgbuoba road for several hours, making it impossible for vehicles to pass.
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