The Nigerian Police headquarters is not taking it lightly with the Nigerian Army, over the killing of three top police officers on Thursday.
Some soldiers have shot the policemen, saying they thought they were kidnappers.
The policemen had arrested a millionaire kidnapper whom they were conveying in their bus.
It was in the process they were shot alongside a civilian, but the soldiers had set free the suspect.
The police are now demanding the army produce the Taraba kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume.
The policemen killed were identified as Inspector Mark Ediale, Sergeants Usman Danzumi and Dahiru Musa.
Speaking on the matter in a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the Police, Frank Mba, said there were holes in the explanation made by the army.
He said, “In the best tradition of esprit de Corps, inter-agency harmony and national interest, the Nigeria Police Force would naturally have kept quiet, but it has become imperative to set the record straight by addressing the obvious distortion of facts inherent in the press release by the Nigerian Army.
“The most important question arising from the Nigerian Army statement is: Where is Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume? Wadume is a millionaire kidnapper arrested by the Police but paradoxically treated as a ‘kidnap victim’ by the soldiers and subsequently ‘rescued’ by them. Where is he? Where is the rescued kidnapper
“Why were the Police operatives shot at close range even after they had identified themselves as Police Officers on legitimate duty as evident in the video now in circulation?”
