Udoh who was
subsequently arrested at about 10:30 a.m. on Acme Road, Ikeja, immediately
stripped to evade impounding of his motorcycle by the task-force led by the
chairman, Superintendent, Bayo Sulaimon .
According to
Kunle Olatunde, an eyewitness, “the task-force arrested him and two other Okada
riders. But immediately he was
arrested, Udoh stripped himself to attract public sympathy.
“Despite the
fact that he was not manhandled when he was arrested, he removed his clothes
and wore them back.”
The incident resulted in a gridlock along the
ever busy road.
Speaking to Vanguard after his arrest, Udoh
said: “I didn’t know when and the reason I stripped myself. I was unconscious
for several minutes. It was an hour after that I was told what happened after I
was arrested.”
According to him; “I collected the Okada from
a friend on hire purchase at N45, 000.
Also, I have a wife and two children to feed; all these resulted to my
temporary madness.”
Speaking, leader
of the task-force, Sulaimon said that Udoh was arrested by the team because he
violated the new road traffic law.
He said: “We did
not touch him. We gave him several minutes to do whatever he wanted to do. And
his behaviour then caused a traffic jam on the road.”
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