Two unidentified police officers travelling in a Toyota pickup on Thursday allegedly attacked a Ministry of Energy and Green Transition staff bus and assaulted several staff members on board, nearly killing an IT Department staff member at Kasoa Amanfrom along the Mallam–Kasoa Highway.
The incident reportedly occurred after staff on board the bus complained about the reckless driving of the police officers.
According to a source at the Ministry, the bus was travelling from Kasoa to the Ministry when it encountered a police pickup parked dangerously close to the middle of the road, making it difficult for the bus to merge onto the main highway.
After the bus successfully joined the highway, one of the staff members reportedly informed the pickup driver that the vehicle had been improperly parked.
The pickup is said to have followed the Ministry’s bus at high speed and cut across it dangerously. Although the bus driver managed to manoeuvre away, the pickup allegedly crossed the bus a second time.
A video of the incident seen by this portal shows occupants of the pickup, identified as police officers in plain clothes, stepping out of the vehicle and attacking Ministry staff through the windows of the bus.
The officers reportedly forced their way onto the bus, assaulted several staff members, and dragged Prince, an IT officer at the Ministry of Energy, off the bus.
He was allegedly beaten, forced into the pickup, and driven away.
The officers are also said to have seized his mobile phone to prevent him from communicating with colleagues or Ministry officials.
He was allegedly taken to the police headquarters, where he was detained for some time, before being transferred to the police hospital for medical treatment.
It took the intervention of the Ministry to secure his release.
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