A 60-year-old man and his two sons have allegedly attacked an operative of the Federal Road Safety Corps and set a patrol van ablaze in Bauchi State.
The suspects have been taken into custody by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command.
This development was confirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who identified the suspects as Umar Gwallaga (60); his sons, Nasiru Umar Gwallaga (42) and 39-year-old Usman Umar Gwallaga.
According to the police spokesperson, the suspects attacked the FRSC operatives who were on duty, along the Bauchi-Gombe road, because they were flagged down to stop.
He continued that they were driving in a Mitsubishi Pajero Jeep, on their way to Gombe from Bauchi when they were stopped but their driver refused.
Wakil stated that, “On March 7, 2023, at about 6.00 am, one Nasiru Umar, 42 years old of Gwallaga, Bauchi, Bauchi State, loaded his family members in his Mitsubishi Pajero Jeep from Bauchi to Gombe State.
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“On reaching Tashan Durumi village, in Kirfi LGA, a patrol team of FRSC on a Federal highway, performing their strategic duties while on stop-and-search, stopped the vehicle but the driver refused to stop.
“At about 3.00 pm, while he was returning from Gombe to Bauchi, he was stopped and asked to present particulars of the vehicle, he then came out of the vehicle and attacked one of the FRSC personnel, Anas Aliyu, and as a result, he had a dislocation on his hand.
“He further went and attacked the patrol team driver and then set the patrol van on fire, in the process, his father, Umar Ahmed Gwallaga, 60 years and his younger brother, Usman Umar Gwallaga, 39 years old, joined him in attacking the personnel,” Wakil narrated.
Furthermore, Wakil said the suspect and his conspirators were arrested and are presently under Police detention at Kirfi Police Division.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Aminu Alhassan has directed the DPO Kirfi, to conduct preliminary investigations while the case file should be transferred to the SCIIB for further discreet investigations. If the suspects are found wanting, the Police Command would charge them to court for arson,” he said.
The Police Spokesman stressed that the state Commissioner of Police advised the public to always respect and obey personnel who are on their legitimate duties, warning that no offender would be spared, as anyone found culpable will be made to face the full wrath of the law.