Police, NSCDC In Free-For-All

[Shola Sholaz]

SOME policemen in Akure, the Ondo State capital, weekend, beat up an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for driving an unregistered vehicle.
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For over an hour, caution was thrown overboard as a free-for-all ensued, thereby disrupting traffic in Ado Junction, along Akure-Owo Expressway.
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Report had it that the incident occurred at 6p.m. on Saturday.
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The NSCDC officer was stopped by the policemen and he was asked to produce the particulars of the unregistered car he was driving.
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An argument led to a fight and the NSCDC officer was said to have been beaten, handcuffed and taken to Ijapo Police.
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Meanwhile, top officers of the two security agencies have wadded into the matter.