The Managing Director, Kano Road andTraffic Agency KAROTA, Hon. Baffa Babba Dan’agundi has condemned an ongoing fracas between his personnel and some military men in the state.
This was contained in a statement issued by the KAROTA public relations officer Nabilusi Abubakar K/Naisa made available to the newsmen.
K/Na’isa said the ugly incident started on Wednesday led to the stabbing of their personnel who is currently battling for his life in the hospital.
Trouble started when four military men in a tricycle refused to obey the traffic officer while discharging his duty on B.U.K road by Dan, Agundi junction.
In a statement Danagundi said “Some of our men had misunderstandig with some military men yesterday and one of our staff was stabbed leading to pandemonium but thank God for the intervention of the public who came to the rescue of our men.
As if that was not enough, the military men again, today, mobilized and went back to our Goron Dutse WRECA outstation and brutalized any personnel on site, vandalizing our vehicles and those of the public under our custody and also went to filling Idi all in search of our men.
We condemn in the strongest terms these attacks by soldiers who just passed out and newly posted to Kano which is become a yearly thing.
We have good relationship with them in the state and we hope they will take necessary measures to address this issue.
We also thank the police who swiftly moved into action arresting some of these rampaging soldiers and the public who came to the rescue of our men from the soldiers brutality.
KAROTA shall continue to operate within its space according to the laws that set it up and shall arrest any person who violates the traffic regulations of the state.
