Drivers block Abuja-Lokoja highway as revenue officials kill tanker driver

-Drivers block Abuja-Lokoja highway in protest of their colleague’s death.

-The death occurred following a fight between the driver and revenue officials.

There is total traffic lock down along the Abuja-Lokoja highway following the alleged killing of a tanker driver by the officials of the Kogi state revenue board.

According to eyewitness reports, the truck driver, heading to the South West from Maiduguri was said to have been flagged down by revenue officials early Wednesday morning.

The demand by revenue officials that the driver pays a revenue fee of ₦5,000 was said to have generated a heated argument and subsequently resulted in physical fight when the vehicle was impounded.

The eyewitness further revealed one of the revenue officials, under the influence of alcohol, allegedly hit the tanker driver with an iron object, which led to the death of the driver.

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This was said to have attracted the fury of other truck drivers who, in a show of solidarity for their colleague, parked their vehicles on the highway and brought vehicular movement to a total stand still.

Following the driver’s death, the revenue officials were said to have escaped into the bush.