A state
high court sitting in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, has sentenced a reckless
driver, Usman Aliyu, to death for crushing a Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal
Assistant (RMA III), Muhammad Babangida, to death.
A statement
by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said the incident occurred
along Ahmadu Bello way in the state capital, Birnin Kebbi, on April 3, 2017.
According
to reports, Aliyu who drove a Black Toyota Corolla with the registration number,
KLG 342 AA on the said day had attempted to knock down a member of the FRSC
patrol team, Abubakar Garba Abubakar.
However,
when he couldn’t knock Abubakar down, he recklessly headed for the deceased and
ensured that he crushed him to death as his first target.
The
accused, who was sentenced to death on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2018, was also
reported to have fled the scene after killing his victim. However, he got
arrested along Kalgo Road by the police after a tip-off.
The Corps
has lost 74 personnel to reckless drivers in the last 18 months.
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