AN official of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, yesterday escaped lynching by operators of commercial motorcycle in Awka, Anambra State.
Residents of Awka woke up to see that major roads in the city, including Enugu-Onitsha expressway, were filled with officials of FRSC demanding particulars, fire extinguisher, spare tyres, among other things, and were asking motorists to apply their breaks and test the lights on their vehicles at stationary positions.
The development created chaos in the town and motorists were meandering the side streets to find ways of avoiding the road marshals.
Trouble started when one of the commercial motorcyclists carrying a passenger came to one of the points where the FRSC men were operating and when one of them stopped him, he tried to escape.
This angered one of the road marshals who grabbed him and he fell with his passenger.
Other motorcyclists who watched the incident, rushed at one of the road marshals and beat him mercilessly.
In the midst of the confusion, there was pandemonium in the area and other road marshals took to their heels.
The situation was saved by some motorists who were already parked by the road marshals as they pleaded with the Okada riders to leave him.
One of the Okada who gave his name as Nwachi, said they were angered by the activities of the road marshal who had earlier impounded over 50 motorcycles and took their owners to a mobile court.
At the mobile court, no fewer than 20 vehicles were parked and their drivers were waiting for their cases to be mentioned.
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