Nasarawa State Police Force has confirmed the death of a soldier after an altercation with a special police officer at Agyaragu market in Lafia local government last Sunday.
According to reports, the incident started as a dispute between the two men, which caused injuries to both of them.
According to DSP Ramhan Nansel, the public relations officer of the police force, the soldier who is home on leave from duty in Borno state, stabbed the police officer with a knife.
In response, the policeman managed to grab the knife and stabbed the soldier. The two men were rushed to the hospital, where the soldier was pronounced dead while receiving treatment.
Nansel added that, after the death of the soldier, many of his relatives tried to attack the local police station, but the officers on duty managed to stop the attack, but two people lost their lives in the confrontation. she followed, while two others were hospitalized with injuries. .
DSP Nansel stated that since then there has been peace in Agyaragu after the Commissioner of Police CP Shehu Umar Nadada visited the place to control the situation.
The spokesperson of the state police also stated that the police have launched a hunt for some unidentified people who are responsible for more attacks on the police station in the community.
Credit: Muhammad Nafiu Omame.