Following the viral video on social media showing the physical fight between policemen and the Nigerian Air Force personnel over a supposed internet fraudster.
This has led to serious tension being experienced in the Jeddo community, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, where the incident happened.
According to reports, the Nigerian police were in mufti and attempted to arrest an alleged internet fraudster who mistook them for kidnappers and fled to a nearby air force checkpoint for safety.
The Air Force personnel then swung into action to block the policemen who were already towing the suspect fraudster’s car to the station. They asked the policemen to identify themselves, which they did, but they were not satisfied with it.
They, however, restricted the police from taking the suspected fraudster away, which led to serious confrontations, arguments, and subsequently sporadic shootings in the area.
Some of the policemen sustained injuries until the Commander of the Nigerian Air Force showed up immediately to resolve the issue. The injured policemen were sent to the Air Force clinic for treatment.
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SP Bright Edafe, Delta State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, issued a statement confirming the clash between the policemen and the Air Force personnel.
Edafe said, “The command is aware of the embarrassing situation between policemen attached to the Quick Response Squad of the Command and some Air Force personnel attached to Air Force Base Jeddo in Okpe Local Government Area, where the personnel of the Nigeria Air Force, without any provocation, attacked the policemen who were performing their lawful duty.
“On 11/2/2025, at about 1700 hours, operatives of the Quick Response Squad (QRS), while on crime prevention patrol, flagged down a Toyota Corolla car with reg. no. AKD-73-FL, but the occupants of the vehicle, on sighting the police, took to their heels, which prompted the policemen to go after them and arrest one of the suspects identified as Ibohama Precious, aged 25 years, and recover some weed suspected to be Indian hemp, Canadian loud, and other hard drugs.
“While the policemen were on their way to the station alongside the suspect and exhibit, upon getting to the Air Force checkpoint at Jeddo, they were stopped by the Air Force personnel and were told that they wouldn’t be allowed to proceed until they released the suspects they were carrying, which the policemen vehemently resisted, and subsequently, the Air Force personnel attacked the policemen without justification.
“The Delta State Police command under the leadership of CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, the Nigeria Air Force, Navy, Army, and other security agencies in the state have a cordial working relationship worthy of emulation, and the incident is indeed an embarrassing one.
“The Commissioner of Police Delta State CP Olufemi Abaniwonda and Airforce authorities are looking into the ugly incident and putting all modalities in place to forestall future occurrences of this embarrassing situation.”
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