Motorists warned of settling “accidents” with boda boda riders

Motorists are cautioned not to settle traffic cases by themselves whenever involved in a road mishap, but endeavour to inform Police Officers for lawful action. This is after a motorist lost a whooping half a million shillings to boda boda riders as he settled a traffic case with one of them in Nyali, Mombasa. Abdallah Mohamed, painfully recounted to our officers how out of his magnanimity, he had fallen into the trap of settling the matter with a rider by compensating him after a minor road accident.

But no sooner had he opened a bag he was carrying containing the money, than the riders including the supposedly injured rider, grabbed it and took off. Efforts to trace the riders who were five in numbers have so far yielded no fruits.

Motorists are advised to avoid falling prey to such antics and report to Police Officers whenever a road accident happens, since some of the would be victims may turn out to be criminals.