Driver Jailed For Killing SSS Official

An Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced Godwin Attah to 27 months imprisonment for causing the death of Joseph Kalu by dangerous driving.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict, a staff of Bankers Warehouse, Wuse 11, Abuja, was first arraigned before the court on November 21, 2009.

NAN recalls that the convict had then pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Police prosecutor Ahmed Mohammed had told the court back in 2009 that the convict drove a bullion van with registration No. BK 957 EPE, belonging to his employer.

Mohammed said the convict drove dangerously along Ahmadu Bello Way, Maitama without due care and attention, adding that he also failed to obey traffic sign placed at the junction.

He said the convict ran into a Honda CRV jeep with registration No. EH 195 ABJ and driven by one George Ugoh of Kubwa, Abuja.

He further said that the convict also ran into another Peugeot car with registration No. AA 449 GWA and driven by Joseph Kalu of State Security Service (SSS), Abuja.

Mohammed told the court that the three vehicles involved in the accident got badly damaged, while Kalu and one of the occupants of the car, Dorothy Christopher sustained serious injuries.

He listed others, who sustained injuries in the accident as Eze Ngekwe, George Uzoh and one Amarachi.

The prosecutor said victims of the accident were rushed to the Wuse General Hospital, while Kalu later died in the hospital.