Edo taskforce sacks official for dagging steering with driver

The Edo State Public Response Safety Team has sacked its officer seen in a viral video dragging the steering with a bus driver in Benin City, the state’s capital.

The Coordinator of agency, Kelly Okungbowa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, January 9, 2025.

According to him, “First of all, I want apologise to the general public for the conduct of our officer in that viral video. There is no perfect society and the person that erred in that video has been sacked to serve as deterrent to every member of the Commission.

I wish to tell the drivers that we are not their enemies, but their friends. Ours is to make sure that we do what is right by ensuring that there is order in Edo State, most especially in Benin City.

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The drivers know where they are supposed to stop, where they don’t have to stop and where to pick passengers and drop them.

We are tired of having this conflict with the drivers every time. I have been doing this job with the officers here during the previous administration. I am appealing to the public to report any erring officer to the Edo State Public Response Safety Team.

I can’t be everywhere at the same time, but I assure anyone found wanting that he or she will be dealt with.

Going by what transpired on Wednesday, nobody is talking about the wrong done by the driver. He took the officer from his beat to an unknown destination. He resulted to self-help but did it in a wrong way, so we condemn his action in all ramification.”