Police, soldiers clash with FRSC officers in Abuja
- Policemen and soldiers with the Abuja Environmental Protection Board allegedly assault a female FRSC marshal
- A civilian staff of the environmental agency is taken hostage by the FRSC officials
- Pro-Buhari youth group in Lagos urges presidency to sanction IGP over alleged disobedience
Soldiers and policemen attached to the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) have clashed with officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) after a fight broke out when efforts were made to serve the FRSC office in Wuze Zone 7 a violation notice.
Premium Times reports that the confrontation ensued when policemen and soldiers with the AEBP officials allegedly assaulted a female FRSC marshal during the service of the violation notice.
The newspaper stated that a soldier attached to the AEPB task force was reportedly wounded and a civilian staff of the environmental agency was taken hostage by the FRSC officials during the fight.
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In turn, soldiers and policemen who were part of the AEPB team reportedly seized a road safety officer.
As at the time of publishing this report, there was a stalemate over the release of the hostages as neither party was willing to free the persons in their respective custodies first.
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While the FRSC demanded that its personnel must be released first, the soldiers insisted that the FRSC should first release the seized civilian AEPB staff, whom they escorted to serve the notice.
The feud has reportedly resulted in serious traffic build up around the area.
Meanwhile, the Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), Lagos state chapter, on Wednesday, March 14, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sanction the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, for defying his order.
The group made the call in a statement jointly signed by its coordinator and general secretary in the state, AbdulWaheed Odunuga and Adekunle Aderibigbe, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports.
Buhari had in Benue on Monday, March 12, said he was unaware that Idris disregarded his directive to relocate to the state after the killing of 73 people on New Year Day.
The president was reacting to Benue stakeholders’ allegation that the IGP did not spend a day in the state, contrary to the president’s order to him on Tuesday, January 9 to immediately move to Benue and restore peace.
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