Brig. Gen. Gambo Mohammed, the Brigade Commander of the 23 Armored Bridget, Yola, Adamawa, on Wednesday, disclosed the reason behind the attack on Adamawa Police Command Headquarters by soldiers.
Recall that soldiers had in the early hours of Wednesday, attacked the Adamawa State police headquarters in Yola, the state capital, killing one police officer in the exchange that followed.
Explaining the reason behind the incident, Brig. Gen. Gambo said the policemen from the command shot and injured a soldier at a checkpoint leading to a fracas that ensured between the two security agencies on Tuesday.
The affected soldier, who was shot in the leg by a policeman at Target Junction, was later rushed to Federal Medical Centre Yola for medical attention.
Some soldiers were said to have later stormed the Police Command Headquarters in Yola at about 11 pm, during which there was heavy exchange of gunfire.
NAN reports that the soldiers later retreated as residents who feared it was a Boko Haram attack scampered for safety.
The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Mr Afolabi Babatola confirmed the incident in a statement issued by the command spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, on Wednesday.
Babatola said a Police Inspector, Jacob Daniel, was killed during the shootings, and “warned that attacks on all security officers in the line of duty would no longer be tolerated under whatever guise”.
He further said that such unwarranted conflict would be strictly treated in accordance with extant laws.
The CP appealed for calm, assuring that the two security agencies were doing everything legally possible to address the situation.
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