Sunday Okodo, the driver of Utility Sport vehicle who tipped a policeman over a bridge along Lagos International Airport Road has been dragged to the Yaba Magistrate Court for arraignment.
A viral video showed Okodo commit the alleged offence after he was caught by the policemen driving against traffic.
It was learnt that he would be prosecuted for driving in the direction prohibited by Law (one-way) punishable under Part (III) item 25 of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018 which attracts a one-year jail term and the vehicle relinquished to the state government while second-time offenders risk three years.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi in a statement titled Traffic Enforcement: Policeman in Viral Video Alive, Healthy’, said that the victim, a police inspector identified as David Zapaina had been discharged from the hospital.
The Police Public Relations Officer also said the incident occurred at 5.30 pm on Wednesday, adding that Zapaina sustained a fracture as a result of the incident.
“The incident happened on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at about 1730hrs, when some LASTMA personnel was backed up by the police on enforcement duty within the state contravened a Toyota SUV, driving against the traffic along International Airport road.
“The driver resisted arrest and while trying to escape, a police inspector, David Zapania, was knocked down from the bridge and fell into a canal. The police inspector was rescued and rushed to the Lagos State Emergency and Trauma Centre where he was attended to and discharged, but sustained a fracture on his left hand.
“Meanwhile the reckless driver, Sunday Okodo, 38, of Alose close, has been arrested and his vehicle impounded. The driver will be arraigned today, Thursday, February 25, 2021,” the statement read in part.