Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital have faulted the
arrest of a brave Taxi driver, Rabiu Usman, popularly known as Billejo,
who reported to security his suspicion of one of his passengers that
turned out to be a suicide bomber.
A resident who spoke on the matter said “it is very unfortunate that
instead of commending his effort at saving lives he was arrested by the
military at Sector six and subsequently moved to Maimalari military
cantonment at about 6:00pm on Monday”.
It could be recalled that the taxi driver while heading for Maiduguri
with his passengers was stopped by another passenger. On getting to a
security checkpoint, he reported his suspicion before the bomber
detonated himself.
Residents said there are strong fears that he might be victimised
despite his gallantry effort by exposing the insurgent, thereby saving
lives, a situation which might discourage residents from reporting any
suspicious movement around them.
Source: Daily Post