There was chaos at Udensi Roundabout, few poles to Ebonyi State Government House, Abakaliki, on Thursday when policemen and armed soldiers clashed over alleged violation of traffic rule by the latter.
The fracas started when some police traffic wardens impounded a tricycle, whose operator violated traffic light signals.
He narrated that some minutes later, the soldier arrived with another tricycle and asked after the traffic police wardens who impounded his tricycle. While the matter was being settled inside ICC, a detachment of mobile policemen and operatives of anti-robbery squad arrived the scene and charged at the soldiers.The soldiers, however, responded by cocking their rifles, while also making calls for reinforcement from their base.
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