The owner of a Camry car that rammed into a crowd of participants at the ongoing Calabar Carnival has been arrested.
NPO Reports gathered from sources around the Government House Wednesday that the driver, whose name was given as Wahab, was arrested today. Recall that that the man had rammed into the crowd killing many people. There are have been several quoted numbers of dead victims ranging from 5 to 14. The BBC reported on Wednesday that no fewer that 14 persons died in the incident. The Governor, Ben Ayade had cancelled Tuesday’s event while he paid a visit to some of the victims receiving medical attentions at various hospitals on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the man, Wahab, and his vehicle, were never accredited for the event. “Security agencies are questioning him how he managed to get his way into the midst of accredited vehicles that gave him opportunity to drive up to that point,” a Government House source told the NPO Reports
The governor also visited Bogobiri, the scene of the accident, to commiserate with the Hausa/Fulani community led by Seriki Garuba Lawan.
At the Navy hospital, Ayade described the incident as “a sad learning curve that will never be allowed to happen again.”
“We are here at the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital Calabar to show the government’s concern for victims of the bikers’ parade car accident. We are here to take the bills and show compassion.
“What happened was a learning curve, it speaks to the fact that all road barricades for the carnival must be respected.
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“This is the first time we have had an incident of this nature and I can assure you that it won’t happen again. With all sense of grief, with all sense of melancholy, we submit to the will of God.”
He added that “moving forward every arm of the security agencies will be fully deployed and the barricades fully policed.”
He vowed that any motorist who flouts the rules or breaks the barricades will have him or herself to blame.