Abia State Speaker’s Wife’s Police Security Shoots FRSC Officers

It has been reported that at least two regular marshals of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were yesterday shot by the security detail attached to the Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly Hon. Chikwendu Kalu, for stopping the Speaker’s wife who drove in a vehicle without using her seat belt. It was gathered that the incident happened after Hon. Chikwendu Kalu’s vehicle was flagged down by the officials of the FRSC at a pin down point located near its Unit Command at Umueka KM 78 Aba Road, in Abia State and when questioned for not using her seat belt, the lady reportedly flared up and alerted her husband on phone. According to NewTelegraphOnline, the police detail that were ordered to the scene accosted the marshals and shot at the two of them who sustained injuries. This caused a confusion at the scene as passersby ran for dear lives. Efforts to contact the FRSC Unit Commander Ojukwu Linus and well as the Speaker on the matter proved abortive, just as his Chief Press Secretary, Okey Chikwendu refused to pick his call. Though the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Eyinnaya Appollos said he was not aware of the incident, even as he said the Speaker could not have given such order, the FRSC Spokesman, Commander Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the report, stating that the matter has been reported to the Commissioner of Police in the state for thorough investigation. However, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leye Oyebade confirmed the shooting, but blamed it on some over-zealous policemen and not the Speaker. He said: “The policemen were over-zealous and I have since ordered their detention and appropriate disciplinary measures would be meted out to them. We have also ensured that the marshals received medical attention.” Oyebade said he has also reached out to the leadership of the FRSC in order to assured it of the usual inter-agency co-operation even in the face of the current unfortunate incident.