Mr usman Bukar reportedly slapped the taxi driver after the man openly jubilated over an online news report pretend that President Muhammad Buhari had died.
According to the Eyewitness he said Bukar was very angry when the taxi driver (name withheld) brought a passenger to a newspaper stand around the Temple Clinic where the incident happened “free readers” and newspaper buyers were struggling to catch glimpse of the news stories published in the various daily newspapers.
It was said that the taxi driver, among others joined in the rumour of the President’s death and allegedly urge on the statements against the President.
The taxi driver said that : “The body of the President should be thrown into River-Niger;that he is very wicked for fish and other wild animals to do justice on him”.
His express in words with anger Mr usman Bukar who was also by the news stand to buy one of the daily newspapers.
“Mr usman burka angrily slapped the driver and following the slap, the taxi driver immediately moved into unexpected coma,” a source said noting but for the intervention of some police officers at the scene it would have been bloody fight between relations of the taxi-driver who were later invited to the scene.
The taxi driver was later rushed to a private hospital where he is being revived.
The spokesman of Delta State Police Command, Mr. Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed that the victim is receiving treatment, adding that Mr usman burka had been arrested and detained for interrogation.
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