1 dies, 3 injured as soldier, police clash in Ebonyi
One person has been confirmed dead, following a fight between a policeman and a soldier in Ebonyi state.
According to reports, the victim, who was a bystander, was hit by a stray bullet when the altercation unfolded at the Ugwuachara area of the old Enugu-Ogoja Expressway during a police stop-and-search operation.
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The state commissioner of police, CP Adaku Uche-Anya, confirmed the incident to newsmen, detailing that tensions escalated when a soldier on a motorcycle was flagged down by the police at the checkpoint.
“Police men on stop and search stopped the purported soldier and wanted to search him, he refused and their was scuffle, during the scuffle between them, the soldier was trying to disarm one of them and the bullet went off and hit a bystander.
It’s not as if they just opened fire on innocent bystander, just that during the scuffle, bullet went off and hit bystander.
One person died during the process and three others were injured but they’re responding to treatment. We’ve confirmed that the purported soldier is actually a soldier, both the soldier and the police man are in our custody and we’re investigating what happened” the CP stated.
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