Policemen and a soldier have clashed in Ebonyi, leading to the death of one passerby on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the incident happened at the Ugwuachara axis of the town after a squabble between policemen on a ‘stop and search’ duty and a military man on a bike.
An eyewitness said the soldier refused to be searched as the policemen tried to confiscate his motorbike.
During the process of the ensuing scuffle, one bystander was shot dead and three others sustained injuries when the soldier and the crack team of the police on stop and search duty were scuffling for the motorbike.
The Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, CP Anthonia Uche-Anya, confirmed the incident to Channels Television on a telephone call.
She said both the policeman and the soldier are in police custody while investigation has been launched to investigate the incident.
