Police arrest man, sons for attacking FRSC officials, burn patrol van

The Police in Bauchi have arrested a 60-year-old man and his two sons for allegedly attacking and injuring an operative of the Federal Road Safety Corp during a patrol.

They were also said to have set the FRSC patrol van ablaze.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, while confirming the incident in a telephone conversation, said that the FRSC operatives who were on duty along Bauchi-Gombe road stopped the suspects but the driver refused to stop.

He said that the suspects, Umar Gwallaga (60) and his two sons –  Nasiru Umar Gwallaga (42) and his younger brother, Usman Umar Gwallaga (39), who were driving in a Mitsubishi Pajero Jeep were on their way to Gombe from Bauchi when they were stopped.

Wakil, a Superintendent of Police said, “On March 7, 2023, at about 6.00 am, one Nasiru Umar, 42 years old of Gwallaga, Bauchi, Bauchi State, loaded his family members in his Mitsubishi Pajero Jeep from Bauchi to Gombe State.

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“On reaching Tashan Durumi village, in Kirfi LGA, a patrol team of FRSC on a Federal highway, performing their strategic duties while on stop-and-search, stopped the vehicle but the driver refused to stop.

“At about 3.00 pm, while he was returning from Gombe to Bauchi, he was stopped and asked to present particulars of the vehicle, he then came out of the vehicle and attacked one of the FRSC personnel, Anas Aliyu, and as a result, he had a dislocation on his hand.

“He further went and attacked the patrol team driver and then set the patrol van on fire, in the process, his father, Umar Ahmed Gwallaga, 60 years and his younger brother, Usman Umar Gwallaga, 39 years old, joined him in attacking the personnel,” Wakil narrated.