A woman, Mrs Onome Akporode, has given a
graphic description of how here limbs were crushed by a bullion van, a police
escort and a tipper lorry on July 13, 2015 at Udu road, Delta State.
The woman-of-four, during a cross
examination at the High Court of Justice, Udu, on Thursday, disclosed
that the policemen escorting the bullion van, who should have stopped to render
some help, rather shot sporadically into the air to scare away crowd screaming
for help.
According to her, this action was inhumane
on the part of the policemen because she was still on the ground bleeding
profusely with both legs shattered by the reckless tipper lorry, bullion van
and police escort.
Meanwhile, three persons, who were arrested
in connection with the accident, were, on Thursday, docked at the High Court of
Justice, Udu.
They were charged with attempted murder in
the July 13, 2015 bullion van accident along the dualized Udu road, which led
to the crushing of the two legs of the mother-of-four, Mrs Akporode.
The trio, Taire Onome Joseph, Edoze Gabriel
and Godwin Odobaire, are the drivers of the bullion van, a police escort
vehicle and the tipper lorry involved in the accident that crushed the legs of
the victim.
Head of the police team that escorted the
bullion van, Mr Usman Adamu, who was earlier arrested and detained in company
of the defendants, gave details of how the incident occurred.
He also described how four police patrol
vehicles were deployed to the bank to forestall a breakdown of law and order.
The matter was later adjourned to March 24
for further hearing.
It will be recalled that Mrs Akporode lost
her two legs to the reckless driving of a bullion van belonging to a first
generation bank, police escort and a tipper lorry by Udu express road.
The victim survived by the whiskers as
doctors at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara,
battle to save her from haemorrhage.
Frantic efforts were exerted by the police
and owners of the bullion van to bury the attempted murder, but for the
vigilance of human rights activists and the vociferous media.
source: Tribune
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