A Nollywood-like scene that left many mouths ajar, unfolded in Abakaliki, the capital city of Ebonyi on Tuesday. In a bid to escape arrest, a driver forcefully chopped off a law enforcement officer’s finger and swallowed it.
The action left the officer, Iboko Kenneth, a member of the State taskforce team of the Ministry of Capital City Development in severe pains, and his colleagues in total confusion, that the assailant successfully escaped from the scene, with the dismembered finger in his stomach.
The incident occurred at Onuebonyi Junction in Abakaliki metropolis when the state’s Ministry of Capital City Development and its task force team were inspecting the state capital to ensure that there were no illegal parks within the capital city.
Government had earlier directed all the commercial transport companies to relocate to a new park known as Akubaraoha Central park provided for them in the state capital.
New Telegraph reports that on getting to the Onuebonyi Junction, some drivers were seen loading passengers which angered the ministry and the taskforce.
It was at that point that a member of the taskforce, Iboko, attempted to arrest one of the defiant drivers.
But the driver grabbed one of his fingers, and bit it off. The driver reportedly swallowed the finger and escaped while his vehicle was impounded by the taskforce.
The victim, however, has been taken to the emergency unit of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA) for treatment.
Reacting, the Commissioner for Capital City Development, Chief Onyekachi Nwebonyi described the incident as “terrible, unexpected and barbaric”.
