By Ishaya Ibrahim
The police have announced that the prosecution of House of Representatives member Alex Ikwechegh over the assault of a bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, is underway.
A post on X by Force Police Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi read,”RULE OF LAW: POLICE PROSECUTES HON ALEXANDER IKWEGH FOR ASSAULT.. Details soon.”
Ikwechegh’s problem began when in a viral video was seen assaulting Stephen Abuwatseya, an e-hailing driver three times before also issuing threats to make him “disappear.”
The Bolt driver’s offense, according to video of the incident on X, was asking the lawmaker to come out of his premises to collect his parcel. The lawmaker felt slighted and started to physically and mentally assault Abuwatseya.
According to Abuwatseya, the police orderly attached to the lawmaker later bundled him to the Maitama police station where the case was twisted against him. The twist was because the lawmaker alleged that Abuwatseya came to his home to attack him. But the tide later changed when Abuwatseya released a video of the incident on social media.