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| Chief of Army Staff |
There was
panic Monday morning at the Railway Post, Umuahia, Abia State when police
officers attached to the post allegedly manhandled a man later identified as an
Army captain for parking his 18-seater Mitsubishi bus close to the fence of the
Police station.
According
to eye witness accounts, the Divisional Police officer in-charge of the police
post was said to be driving into the station when he spotted the bus and
ordered the owner to repark the bus claiming that it was blocking his way.
The Army
captain who was in mufti, was said to have come out, greeted the DPO and
quickly wanted to repack his bus. But the police officer was said to have
ordered him to come closer and explain why he should block his way to the
station.
The army
officer was said to have continued to plead with the angry police officer when
he refused to allow him to remove his vehicle to re-park.
Rather,
he was alleged to have ordered his men to arrest the man, who at that juncture
unveiled his identity, which was doubted by the police officer who insisted
that he must be arrested.
The scene
attracted passers-by and people doing sundry businesses around the area, who
also joined to plead with the police officer who refused to budge and insisted
that the soldier must be arrested.
“He must
obey my arrest order; you people should tell him to obey my arrest order. You
must obey my arrest order, you said you are a captain, you must tell me how
many wars you have fought.
“I have
fought in three Boko Haram states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe before coming
here, you must show me your identity today; drag him into the cell now,” the
DPO whose identity was not immediately known was yelling.
However,
the tables turned against the ‘powerful’ DPO when four soldiers arrived at the
police station and discovered the man being molested was actually an army
captain, and they became angry that an officer was calm and gentle to plead,
yet he was being disgraced by the police officer.
They
called for reinforcements and in less than 15 minutes, four Hilux vans loaded
with soldiers, arrived the police station. They later took away the DPO and
another police officer with them to their base, after giving them the beating
of their lives.
The
police have colonized the parking lots around the area, harassing and ordering
motorists not to park vehicles around the area, as they always block the road
that passes through the station.
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