Police, Army clash in Anambra Posted by: Nwanosike Onu, Awka in News, News Update 20 hours ago What would have been a bloodbath in Awka, Anambra State was averted Thursday following a fight that ensued between policemen and the military officers. Trouble started at the popular Aroma junction in Awka where policemen posted to the round about to check traffic decided to stop every motor cycle operator (Okada) and began to demand for, 1,000 naira each for not wearing helmet. Unknown to then, when a military man who was riding a motor cycle got to the point they stopped him and demanded that he should park well, when he was about doing so, one policeman hit him thinking he was running away. The young military man (names withheld) parked the okada and told them he is a military man, though, not in uniform, the police man slapped him, and he retaliated, then the police men out numbered him. They told him to kneel down; but the military man refused and thereafter made contact to his superiors. Sensing danger, the first police man who slapped him ran away before the reinforcement from the military arrived. The leader of the Police Squad stationed at Aroma, Laz Ebehe, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) molested and assaulted reporters who trooped out to witness the scenario. All the motorcycle operators stormed the arena in protest of the fee being demanded by the policemen at Aroma who they claim, harass and intimidate them with their guns. When the state police Public Relations Officer, Emeka Chukwuemeka was contacted on the incident, he quickly told the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), in charge of operations Olafimihen Adoye, who immediately contacted the divisional police Officer in charge of B Division Maikudi Shehu (CSP).
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:13:33 +0000
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