Show of shame: Police officers, Civil Defence Corps members engage in public fight

Ten Police officers on Tuesday afternoon engaged in a public fight with three Civil Defence Corps members at Berger roundabout in Abuja.

The ferocious clash caused a major gridlock at Berger Roundabout up to Utako Area of Abuja.

It was gathered that the police officers purportedly engaged in a fight with the civil defence officers for over interference in their reserved duty.

According to eyewitnesses “the police officers were trying to stop a vehicle and the Civil Defence people came to interfere, then the police officers who were more in number attacked them and started beating them up.”

It was further disclosed that there were sporadic gunshots as both parties lashed out whips at one other.

“There were gunshots and then I saw a police officer flogging a Civil Defence officer with a whip while he was trying to run away,” a witness said.

It took the intervention of a Divisional Police Officer from Utako Police Station to resolve the fracas.

The spokesperson of the Abuja Police Command, Doris England, has claimed that she is not aware of the situation and would make inquires about it.

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