AKWA IBOM: Soldiers allegedly drive against traffic, shoot driver who dared to query them
A soldier attached to Wizchino Construction Company shot a driver in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital on Wednesday afternoon.
The driver, identified as Mr Godwin Udoaka, was said to have been shot for daring to query the soldier on why he drove against traffic.
Udoaka works in the transport section of the judiciary as a driver.
The soldier, driving in a Toyota Hilux with Registration Number ABC 222 AY, allegedly opened fire after Udoaka asked him to move his vehicle out of the way.
The bullet broke through the vehicle windscreen to meet Udoaka on his eyebrow, his son Sifon Udoaka, reportedly said.
The incident was confirmed by the president of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Albert Mbebe.
“The WE Construction Company vehicle was driving in the opposition direction, that is against the traffic. They refused to go back so that other people could pass. It was the judiciary driver that had the right of way,” Mbebe said.
“While the judiciary driver insisted that the WE Construction Company vehicle driver goes back, the soldier came out of the vehicle and shot him. Their aim was to shoot and probably kill the driver. We are happy the driver is in the hospital recuperating, the vehicle is in bad shape.
“There are human beings within the ranks who are so callous, so power drunk, because they carry guns, you cannot disagree with them; this is something we must all rise against,” he said.
