A twenty-seven year old reckless truck driver, Usman Bello, who intentionally blocked Jimeta bridge, causing heavy traffic on the 5th of August 2021 has been remanded in a Yola prison
The accused person totally blocked the bridge linking the state capital with northern part of the state with a heavy-duty truck, while protesting an alleged demand of the sum of fifteen thousand naira bribe by the operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service on patrol.
He was later arrested, investigated, and charged to court for alleged offences ranging from obstruction of public way or crossing line navigation, driving without driving license, operating a vehicle with expired certificate, and operating with defective lights.
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Usman was apprehended by the police attached to the Central Motor Traffic Division, Yola, while the investigation conducted by the division in conjunction with Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), the driver was found to have violated section 165 of the state penal code law as well as sections 7, 51, 62, 10, 54 of the road traffic.
When arraigned in court for the above-mentioned offences, the truck driver, pleaded guilty to the offences.
Thereafter, the court presided over by Honourable Nuhu Musa Garta, ordered that the young man be taken to prison, and consequently adjourned the matter to 20th August 2021.
