A Nigerian Navy personnel on Tuesday reportedly assaulted the Area Commander of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, popularly known as Vehicle Inspection Officer in the Federal Capital Territory.
The incident happened along Kubwa-Dutse Road around 9am.
The Navy personnel, identified as A.A. Yusuf, was said to be driving against traffic when the Area Commander, Segun Atanda, reportedly blocked him with a DRTS duty vehicle.
The navy personnel was said to have alighted from his red Toyota Corolla, with registration number Yobe AA 440-GJB, and attacked Atanda.
When contacted, the Chairman of FCT Ministerial Traffic Management Team, Ikharo Attah, confirmed the incident.
He condemned the assault on the DRTS officer, urging uniformed personnel to always comply with traffic rules.
Attah said, “The incessant attacks and assaults on traffic officers by uniformed men are very disturbing. At the Nyanya, Kubwa, and Dutse Alhaji roads, traffic officers are daily being assaulted by uniformed men.
“Uniformed men must know that ‘ esprit de corps’ is not a permission for lawlessness.
“Experience has shown that once uniformed personnel drive against traffic, they are easily followed by other civilians who are initially afraid to do so.”
