Bus driver bites off, swallows finger, nail of traffic enforcer

A commercial driver has bolted after biting off, and swallowing the index finger of a task force member coordinating traffic in Abakaliki, state capital.

Iboko Kenneth, the Capital City Development task force member, was trying to arrest the driver who stopped illegally to pick up passengers at the Onuebonyi junction on Wednesday.

As both struggled, the driver simply grabbed Iboko’s and chewed off the finger, swallowed it, and then ran away.

Iboko was rushed to the emergency unit of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki where he is receiving medical attention.

Commissioner for Capital City Development Onyekachi Nwebonyi, described the incident as terrible, unexpected, and barbaric.

”It is very unfortunate that a driver can attack a law officer who is trying to organise the state to the point of chopping off his finger,” he said.

He warned the motorists not to think the task force is weak,

“For a driver to chop-off a taskforce finger is unacceptable and I assure you that we will get to the root of the matter, it will not happen again.”