A motorist in Edo state has been brutalised for alleged reckless driving which resulted in an auto crash by some armed officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) in the Oredo Local Government Area of the state.
The incident, which was said to have occurred at the golf course axis of Reservation road in Benin, involved the motorist and a Hilux van belonging to the state command of the NPS.
According to eye witness reports, the Hilux van, which was carrying some of the prison staffers, was en route to the Oko prison on Airport road to pick some inmates for trial when it rammed into the perimeter fence of a school, as it tried to avoid a collision with the motorist in a Honda car.
One of the prisons’ officials was said to have been injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, though there has been no report on loss of life
Irked by the development, one of the armed prison operatives descended on the man, whose identity could not be ascertained.
A woman, suspected to be the wife of the driver, was seen weeping and begging the operatives to spare his life as he was a father of three children.
But the woman’s plea did not pacify the prison official, who was heard saying that he had zero tolerance for begging.