Court Remands Reckless Truck Driver In Prison For Blocking Yola Bridge

Court Remands Reckless Truck Driver In Prison For Blocking Yola Bridge

By Jonathan Filibus, Yola

A 27 year old reckless truck driver, Usman Bello, who intentionally blocked Jimeta bridge, thereby causing heavy traffic on Thursday last week, has been remanded in a Yola prison custody.

Honourable Nuhu Musa Garta, of the Criminal Area Court 2 sitting in Yola, Adamawa state ordered for the remand of Usman, who hails from Mubi North Local Government Area in the state.

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 N15,000 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 of road worthiness and operating with defective lights.

Usman was apprehended by the police attached to the Central Motor Traffic Division (CMTD) Yola, while the investigation conducted by the division in conjuction 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 with registration number Mubi 286 YH white and blue in colour, pleaded guilty to the offences.

Thereafter, the court presided by Honourable Nuhu Musa Garta, ordered that the young man be taken to prison, and consequently adjourned the matter to the 20th August, 2021, for corroboration and summary trial.