The Bayelsa State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps
was on Wednesday thrown into grief after its official, Mr. Bassey Inoyo, was
allegedly tortured to death by policemen.
It was learnt that Inoyo, a senior
FRSC official, was due to proceed on retirement leave in November.
An eyewitness told our correspondent
that trouble started on Tuesday morning when a police officer from Special
Anti-Robbery Squard Unit felt aggrieved over the conduct of a road safety
official.
He said, “The road safety
official who is serving in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state was
blocked by a car. He was waiting for the car to be driven out before driving
in. In the process, he temporarily blocked the narrow road.
“But the police officer who was in
mufti hooted his horn many times signaling the road safety officer to clear the
road for him to pass. Eventually, the road safety man drove in and parked but
already the police officer in mufti was aggrieved. He came down from his
vehicle and descended on the road safety official.”
The source alleged that the policeman
tore the FRSC official’s rank and his uniform and then engaged him in a
fight.