A warden attached to the Traffic and Indiscipline Management
Agency of Abia State, TIMAAS, identified as Chukwuemeka Nwosu, has been
admitted at the Seventh Day Adventist, SDA, Hospital, Aba, after he was
attacked by a motorist.
Trouble started for Nwosu, when he tried to stop a tricycle
operator for driving against traffic to beat the gridlock on the Ogbor Hill
Waterside Bridge; the driver refused to stop. Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that
the TIMASS official allegedly damaged the windscreen of the tricycle which
infuriated the driver and some of his passengers, who descended on Nwosu and
beat him to stupor. Afraid that the TIMAAS official may have died, his
attackers fled while a Good Samaritan later took him to the SDA hospital where
he is still receiving medical attention.
When contacted on phone, the Deputy Commander General of TIMAAS,
Bright Ikeokwu, who confirmed the incident, said the victim was in a stable
condition. According to him, “we (TIMAAS) don’t bear arms and all we are doing
is to ensure that we restore discipline among road users which is in public
interest. “This is why we are saying that any person caught driving against
traffic should go for a psychiatric test.” He said that TIMAAS would be
partnering police to arrest errant motorists in the city.
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