Police arrest fleeing driver who killed 14 kids in Plateau

The Plateau State Police Command said on Monday that it had arrested
the driver who killed 14 children at Mazat village in Barkin Ladi
Local Government Area on Saturday.
The deceased were among 40 Boys’ Brigade and Girls’ Guide of COCIN
Church and Assembly of God Church, who were training early morning of
August 3, but were ran over by a speeding car on Bokkos-Barkin Ladi
Road.
Felicia Anslem, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, told the News
Agency of Nigeria in Jos, that the driver, Jacob Joshua, ran away when he committed the offence only to be arrested in neighbouring Bokkos Local Government Area of the state.
Anslem said: “We are able to track the driver down after he ran away
when he killed the children at Mazat village of Barkin Ladi Local
Government.
“Our officers and men tracked him down last Sunday evening (August 4)
and he is now in detention.”
Anslem said that an investigation into the incident had commenced and
that the driver would be prosecuted.
“Nobody who commits such a crime can run away from the law. He or she
must face the wrath of the law,” she said.
She said that the vehicle, which was involved in the accident, was in
police custody.