Hell was let loose, in the Abakpa area of Enugu Wednesday, when a
policeman slapped a soldier.
The result was a violent clash between army and police which left many injured.
Trouble started when the soldier who was not in uniform approached a police man to ascertain why he was passing motorists in a particular lane leaving motorists in two other lanes. This he complained was causing heavy traffic jam.
Not knowing that he was a soldier the policeman replied by raining dirty slaps on the soldier.
As expected the soldier put a call to his colleagues who trooped to the scene, near the Abakpa market in a truck.
As soon as they alighted from the vehicle that conveyed them they went straight to the police man and started beating him which attracted other police men close by.
Many civilians who ran for their lives got injured while some police men also sustained injury as a result of the fight.
A trader who gave his name as Jude Nnaji described the incident as most unfortunate and called on the authorities of army and police to always caution their men to restrain from violence of any kind.
He observed that this kind of incident could have been avoided if
security operatives are usually polite while dealing with people
irrespective of class, profession, religion and ethnic leaning.
