Mobile Police MOPOL 19 on Tuesday clashed with operatives of the Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt leaving one person injured.
The clash which occurred at about 6:20pm at the GRA led to scampering of road users.
Sources reported that the group of navy operatives were held up in the Mummy B road traffic, unsatisfied by the traffic condition, “some naval ratings were said to have alighted from the vehicle and moved to the point where they met a group of Mobile policemen controlling the traffic.”
“The mobile policemen informed the Navy operatives not to worry because they were already on ground to clear the gridlock” an eyewitness reported. This shockingly led to an argument between both forces as a mufti wearing Mobile policeman fired teargas and a navy Operative got shot amidst the confusion.
Mr Ahmed Mohammed, The state Police Public Relations Officer confirmed the incident and mentioned that no casualty was recorded, he further added that the matter had been taken care of in a text message to a Punch correspondent.
Leave a Reply