Mr. Calistus Okune, a driver attached to the Cross River State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry we gathered allegedly teamed up with his boss, Mr. Peter Egba to beat up two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps. Meanwhile, Mr. Fidelis Eteng, one of the victim and assaulted FRSC officials has this to say:

“We stopped the vehicle first when we noticed that Okune (driver) was driving without using a seat belt. Later, we had to impound it on discovering that it bore a fake government number plate. The driver also had no driving licence. We immediately took the car to the mobile court arena where he was booked.”

“Trouble started after we had impounded the vehicle for the offences. The commissioner rushed to the scene shortly after the vehicle was impounded and in the course of argument, the commissioner gave an order to the driver and others to “deal with” those responsible for the seizure.”

“Shortly afterwards, the commissioner came and started ranting. He said he was going to ensure that those involved would be sacked. It was while the argument was on that he ordered Okune to assault me. The commissioner himself later joined in the beating and also used stone to injure a colleague in the head.”