The Women Arise for Change Initiative (WA) has strongly condemned the attack on some officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) by some police personnel attached to the Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly.
Recall, that the mobile policemen on the convoy of Abia State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Chikwendu Kalu yesterday shot officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps on duty, in the State, when the men of Road Safety stopped an SUV Vehicle which the wife of the Abia Speaker, was traveling in because they were not putting on seat belts.
The Policemen were also said to have gone the extra mile by vandalising the Patrol Vehicle of the FRSC Officers, after leaving the two men shot in the pool of their own blood, before other road users helped them to the hospital.
According to a statement by the President, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, “The Women Arise sees this assault on the harmless officers of the FRSC, as an escalation of attacks targeting personnel in the course of their legitimate duty.
“This latest incident, can also be linked with the quest by some power-drunk politicians to continually use the instrumentality of Police protection, provided to them by the Nigerian State, to build up intimidating arsenal against innocent Nigerians.
“We hereby call for an immediate arrest and prosecution of all the Policemen involved and the wife of the Speaker who was with the team as at the time of the attacks as well the Speaker who was alleged to have sent reinforcement in this condemnable action.
“We shall remain committed to this demand, until justice is seen to be done, not only for the sake of those innocent FRSC Officers, but also in defense of other innocent Nigerians, who have daily become object of attacksby politicians, and police personnel attached to them.
“We also sympathise with the affected officers, while wishing them quick recovery.”
