SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian police confirmed the attack on its headquarters in Adamawa State by the personnel of the Nigerian Army.
The Brigade Commander of 23 Brigade, Yola, Adamawa State, Brig Gen Gambo Mohammed, has reacted to claims by the Nigerian police that the military personnel attacked the police command headquarters in the state.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian police confirmed the attack on its headquarters in Adamawa State by the personnel of the Nigerian Army.
The police had also noted that an Inspector, Jacob Daniel, was killed in the brutal attack on its headquarters.
The spokesperson for the police in Adamawa State, SP Suleiman Nguroje, had told SaharaReporters on Wednesday morning that the clash between the police and the military officers started at Target Junction, in Yola, the state capital.
He had said, "The Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, has strongly condemned the recent conflict between police and military officers along Target Junction, Yola North Local Government Area, that resulted in exchange of fire and brutal attack on the police facility and killing of Inspector Jacob Daniel.
"Consequently, the CP has ordered an immediate investigation into the matter with a view to ensuring peace and justice.”
However, the Brigade Commander told SaharaReporters on Wednesday that the troops went to rescue a soldier who sustained gunshot wounds.
He said, "The police shot at our soldiers at a checkpoint and a soldier was injured; they (police) hid him.
"Since we can't find him, our soldiers went to rescue the person they shot. They (police) fired at those ones too. So they had to open fire. But about now, everything is calm and normal.”
SaharaReporters earlier reported that police sources confirmed that a military armoured carrier was used to attack the police headquarters around 11pm on Tuesday.
An officer who was on duty at the time of the invasion had told SaharaReporters that "they killed my colleague here at the gate of the headquarters.
"They stormed the headquarters around 11pm with armoured carrier, in fact we thought they were Boko Haram or some other terrorists, because we couldn't understand why a police base would be attack by fellow state actors.
"Those of us at the gate resisted them fire for fire, and I know some of them may have been neutralised," he had said.
The soldiers also disarmed and abducted a policeman on duty at the residence of the former deputy governor, Crowther Seth.