Just In: Trouble looms as a policeman killed a soldier in Delta

Trouble loom as a policeman killed a soldier in Bomadi Local Government Area in Delta State.

A policeman attached to the Eagle Net police formation on Thursday morning reportedly killed a soldier in Bomadi town, headquarters of the Local Government Area in the state.

Onyxnews Nigeria gathered that soldiers from the 222 battalions in Agbarha-Otor stationed in the area have gone on a rampage in protest of the incident.

A senior police officer from the Bomadi police station said: “We currently have a security situation in Bomadi as one of our men shot dead a soldier this morning.

“The soldiers are on a rampage and they have been attacking any policeman on sight and have already seized a police patrol van attached to Bomadi Division,” the police senior officer to Vanguard on the condition of anonymity.

Earlier this month, during the beginning of the enforcement of the lockdown exercise in Delta state, youths in Ugbuwangue community in Warri in the same state had a clash with some soldiers after a youth leader identified as Jospeh Pessu, was allegedly shot dead by a soldier.

The youths pursued the soldiers and attacked them physically. It was said that one of the soldiers died during the attack.

Joseph Pessu, was allegedly shot dead by a soldier at Ada Val Arenyenka street, along the Ugbuwangue axis of the NPA Expressway, Warri, Delta state for defying the lock down directive.

The sad incident occurred earlier on Thursday, 2 April, while the victim was riding his power bike.