Shoot-Out As Mobile Police, NSCDC Men Clash at Ondo APC Primary
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| APC National Chairman |
The shootout occurred at the entrance of
the Ondo State International Centre, The Dome, venue of the
gubernatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Though no injury was recorded on either
side, the situation led to confusion as people at the event centre
started running helter skelter.
The incident occurred at about 5:20 pm
when some mobile policemen reportedly denied the vehicle of the State
Commandant of the NSCDC, Adeyinka Fasiu, from entering the venue of the
primary.
The mobile policemen at the main
entrance were said to have told the commandant to disembark from his
official car and walk into the premises for the primary.
THISDAY learnt that the action of the
policemen was a retaliatory one occasioned by alleged insurbodinatio of
the NSCDC men to the Deputy Inspector General Of Police, Joshak Habila,
and the Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 11, Dan Bature, who
had earlier gone to the primary election venue in the morning.
An eye witness said as the AIG walked
into the main hall of the event, some NSCDC men refused to give him the
necessary compliment and which made some mobile police officers to walk
two “disobedient” civil defence officers out.
The latest incident occurred when the
NSCDC men resisted the police refusal of entry to their boss and which
led to physical combat.
THISDAY gathered that the firing of
gunshots and canisters of tear-gas was done to scare away onlookers and
other aggrieved men of the security agency.
The situation was however, brought under control as the NSCDC after temporary hitch.
