By Dedeigbo Ayodeji
Disbanded members of the Rivers State Taskforce, Wednesday, allegedly knocked down a JSS 3 student, leaving him with life threatening injuries.
While the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital, an angry mobs succeeded in arresting one of the taskforce members who was allegedly drunk.
Blackbox Nigeria gathered that the boy was returning from a WAEC French exam when he was knocked him down, loosing most of his teeth and face mutilated.
The victim’s teacher, Goldy Ude, when contacted explained said;
“This afternoon one of my students, a JSS 3 boy who was returning from a French exam was knocked down by a Siena bus whose steering was seized by the hooligans.
“The vehicle totally left the main road and lifted the poor boy from the pedestrian walkway.
“One of them was caught and handed over to the police in Ozuoba.
“The boy was rushed unconscious to the hospital, as he lost most of his upper teeth, his jaw and part of his face were mutilated.
“I couldn’t hold my tears to see a boy that left me less than an hour earlier in this state.
“His situation was bad. I thank God for his life. He made it out of the theatre but will need a set of artificial upper teeth.”
