Two police officers attached to the Taraba State Command
were killed by soldiers in Jalingo, the State capital, on Monday morning.
Two others were wounded and receiving treatment from gunshot
wounds following a scuffle between men of the sister security agencies.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer
for the State Command, Abdullahi Usman.
Usman said that the crisis broke out when a female police
officer, who was reporting for duty at the INEC State headquarters in Jalingo,
was stopped by a military man at a checkpoint close to the headquarters and
asked for proper identification.
He said the misunderstanding that ensued was settled, and
the female police officer proceeded to the Collation Centre, only for the
soldier to go after her and drag her out forcefully, leading to pandemonium.
The PPRO said, “A very ugly incident happened this morning
around 8:30am between a female police officer and a soldier. After the initial
misunderstanding, the lady was allowed to proceed to her duty post, but later
the soldier went back to drag her out. The thing is that he called for
reinforcement from his office, and when it arrived, he had nothing to report
and decided to create a situation.
“While we were trying
to settle things and I was personally taken to one of the senior soldiers
there, the soldiers suddenly started shooting. We were caught in the crossfire
and had to run for our dear lives. The soldiers proceeded to the Command Headquarters
here and shot two police officers, and went away with their riffles.
“One police officer who was going off duty was shot and
killed instantly while another who was just reporting for duty and did not even
know what was happening was also shot the moment they identified him as a
policeman.
“As we speak, we have gotten reports that our men who are
escorting election results or on various duties are being stopped at military
checkpoints and harassed. They strip them naked and harass them even though
they know nothing about what happened.
“For now, the Commissioner of Police,Yusuf A. Suleiman, and
the Commander of 6 Brigade Jalingo have met and discussed and have agreed that
a commission of enquiry will be set up to look into the real cause of this
incident.”
NAN
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