Soldiers at a checkpoint along Onitsha Road “opened fire on police officers returning from official duty” in Anambra State.
According to Sahara Reporters, the police officers were returning from the “just-concluded governorship election in the southeastern state” when an argument “ensued between them and the soldiers” at a military checkpoint on Sunday.
One officer was “reportedly shot on his chest, while others sustained injuries.”
A video seen by a reporter showed some police officers “trying to rescue a shirtless man believed to be their colleague,” using a piece of cloth “to stem the flow of blood from the man’s chest.”
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A police officer was quoted saying: “Happening now on our way coming back from Anambra State election, we had a misunderstanding with army personnel at a military checkpoint. Before we knew what was going on, they opened fire on us. One of us was shot directly on his chest, with many other policemen injured.”
Ikenganiya Anthony, the police spokesperson in Anambra, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES, stating that the “misunderstanding” had been “resolved.” Mr. Anthony added that the officer shot by the soldiers is “very stable,” reiterating that the issue “has been settled.”
The army spokesperson, Colonel Appolonia Anele, could not be reached for comment.
In the build-up to the election, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had “said 45,000 police personnel would be deployed” for the exercise, which was ultimately won by the incumbent, Charles Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Mr. Soludo, a professor and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), “was declared winner of the election, after winning in all the 21 local government areas of the state.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reported that Mr. Soludo “polled 422,664 votes” to defeat his closest challenger, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nicholas Ukachukwu, “who polled 99,445 votes.”
INEC added that the Labour Party candidate, George Moghalu, “came third with 10,576 votes,” while the African Democratic Congress candidate, John Chuma-Nwosu, “claimed the fourth position in the election with 8,208 votes.”
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