Driver, passengers locked up after accident involving Kogi revenue boss
A man, identified as Ibrahim Danasebe Yakub, has narrated how he was detained alongside the driver of a commercial car he boarded and some passengers after an accident involving their car and the Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS), Sule Salihu Enehe.
In a post made on Facebook, the man said the incident happened on Tuesday and they were locked up by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state.
Yakub disclosed that Enehe left the scene of the accident looking calm but his media aide involved the NSCDC, insisting they must bear the cost for the repair of the car which they claimed to have purchased recently for N179 million.
Disappointedly, Yakub said he, some other passengers and the driver were detained till the next day for “claiming rights” and were later extorted of N100,000 for bail.
Narrating his ordeal, the man said, “I was involved in an accident while going along the barracks/zone 8 road as the vehicle I boarded ran into the car in front of us. While our car got damaged, and the car in front also got damaged due to the impact, we got down from our vehicle and pleaded for leniency from the owner of the car who happened to be the Chairman of the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS).
“While the Chairman didn’t seem upset and left the scene, an aide to the Chairman called the attention of the NSCDC to the scene of the accident. (Like the NSCDC on an accident case! Not Motorpol ooo, NSCDC!!) Our driver and also two of the passengers in our vehicle were subsequently taken to the station.
“I got to the NSCDC State headquarters to know what the next line of action was only for us to be detained myself included🤦🤦. We were detained with criminals in their cell because we were ‘nobodies’!!. Again our parents are not influential people in the country so that was an easy decision to make as regards detaining us.”
He continued, “All efforts to get us released on that day proved abortive as we slept behind bars.
“Again the next day, our people tried to get us out from 8 am but couldn’t as the officers said we can’t be released without the approval of the Commandant as she is the one that gave the order for our detention, calls were put across to her yet she said the Aide will have to come before we can be released so we had to stay in the cell for the majority of the day.
“By 3 pm of that same day, the aide finally arrived and without our presence spoke with the Commandant who gave an order on the condition that only when we fulfill them should they release us.
The conditions are:
1. We bring a surety and,
2. We sign an undertaken that we will bear the cost of fixing the car
“I, however, refused to sign the said undertaken because I was only a passenger and and that I won’t sign the undertaken, our driver did however sign the undertaken.
“Note: the car in question was never brought to the station, nor did they inform anyone before allegedly taking the car for costing in Abuja.
“After fulfilling all the conditions set, we were then charged N300,000 Naira for bail 🤦🤦 everything seemed like a movie happening right before my eyes but then we had to negotiate and finally they granted us bail for N100,000.” (sic)
