Pandemonium
broke out yesterday at the Rain Oil filling station in High-level area of
Makurdi, Benue State when a commercial motorcyclist bit off a student’s finger.
The incident
occurred at about 9am happened when the Okada rider and the attacked student
engaged in disagreement over a missing jerrycan.
The cyclist
simply identified as Agergba came to purchase fuel and had reportedly stolen
the jerrycan belonging to the student, identified as Terfa Bumkeng.
It was
gathered that a serious argument ensued between the duo and snowballed into a
fight.
Eyewitnesses
said the student had claimed that he lost his jerrycan while scrambling on the
queue to buy fuel and that, according to him, he later found it with the
cyclist.
The incident
attracted the attention of passersby and other customers who beat the cyclist
to coma. The matter was reported to the police.
The student
was, however, arrested and detained at police B Division while the cyclist is
receiving treatment at Bishop Murray Medical centre Makurdi. Effort to reach
the PPRO were abortive as he failed to pick phone calls.
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