BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI
ABUJA — The Police in Abuja, Friday, disclosed that no life was lost and no shot was fired during the protest by taxi / bus drivers and the local Abuja commercial vehicle drivers in the Wuse district of the FCT in the early hours of the day.

FCT Police spokesman, Mr Jimoh Moshood, told Vanguard that a wheelbarrow pusher (name withheld) was, however, injured in the leg during the pandemonium that followed the protest, adding that he was taken to the general hospital and was receiving treatment.

Stranded passengers as commercial drivers protest in Abuja.

His words: “There was a peaceful protest around Wuse market in the early hours of today (yesterday) by some taxi and bus drivers who were calling for a park around Wuse market where they can park their vehicles to prevent obstructing the highway and possible arrest by the police.

“Senior officers from the FCT Police Command were subsequently dispatched to the scene. No bullet was fired and nobody was shot. Normalcy was immediately restored after dialogue with them and the police.

“A barrow pusher (name withheld) sustained minor injury on his leg while scampering for safety during the pandemonium and is conscious and responding to treatment in government hospital, while dialogue continues between all the drivers union and the Police.

“The FCT Police Commissioner, Mr Michael Zuokumor, has directed a discreet investigation into the incident and findings would be made public.”