Shooting of FRSC officials: Policeman, DSS official arrested

A policeman and an official of the Department of State Services (DSS) who, on Saturday, shot two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Abia State, have been detained by the state police command.
The arrested security officials were attached to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Chikwendu Kalu.
The incident took place at Arungwa Junction (near Aba) on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway when the officials stopped the vehicle conveying the speaker’s wife, Victoria, to Aba.
Trouble started when the officials attempted to book the vehicle on the grounds that the occupants did not wear seat belts.
The speaker told newsmen on Sunday that following a distress call he got from his relations at the scene, he sent his chief detail to the place.
He said that he was surprised to hear later that there was shooting in which FRSC officials were involved.
Spokesman of Abia State Police Command, Mr Geofrey Ogbonna, confirmed the arrest on Monday in Umuahia.