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JSS 3 Student Knocked Down, Sustains Injuries As Illegal Task Force, Cab Driver Wrestle For Steering Wheel In Rivers State

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Sep 10, 2020.

JSS 3 Student Knocked Down, Sustains Injuries As Illegal Task Force, Cab Driver Wrestle For Steering Wheel In Rivers State

Ekohotblog, September 10, 2020…A JSS 3 student has sustained severe injuries on jaw, and other parts of the body after he was knocked down by a vehicle.

Ekohotblog gathered that the incident happened when an illegal task force officer and cab driver were dragging the wheel of a vehicle following an argument in Rivers State

Our correspondent also learned that the boy lost several teeth and have sustained other degrees of life threatening injuries on his jaw and other parts of his body after he was allegedly knocked down.

The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon, September 9, at Ozuoba in Obi/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.

The victim’s teacher, Goldy Ude gave details about the incident, confirming that the young boy was rushed to the hospital immediately while the officer, apprehended by youths and handled over to the police.

Ude wrote;”The above pictures shows details of a very disheartening story of task force boys who though disbanded by the government still do their illegal job,”

“This afternoon one of my students, a JSS 3 boy who was returning from a French exam was knocked down by a Siena bus whose steering was seized by the hooligans. The vehicle totally left the main road and lifted the poor boy from the pedestrian walkway. one of them was caught and handed over to the police in Ozuoba,”

“The boy was rushed unconscious to hospital. He lost most of his upper teeth. His jaw and part of his face was mutilated I couldn’t hold my tears to see a boy that left me less than an hour earlier in this state. His situation was bad I thank God for his life. He made it out of the theater but will need a set of artificial upper teeth,”

” He is lying down in excruciating pain in hospital now. He did nothing wrong. He was on the walkway. He absolutely didn’t deserve this yet these untamed task force boys disfigured him in his prime,”

“Our Governor needs to hear this, and do something about these boys.please keep posting until the people in authority rise to do the right thing. He is my son ooo, oh God my heart is broken I haven’t sleep since yesterday, River state government please come to our aid.