Brigadier General Gambo Mohammed, the Brigade Commander of 23 Brigade in Yola, Adamawa State, has provided insight into the recent attack on the state police command headquarters, asserting that the soldiers were provoked by the police.
The clash, which resulted in the death of Inspector Jacob Daniel according to police reports, prompted the Police Commissioner, Afolabi Babatola, to order an immediate investigation into the incident.
The Brigade Commander countered the police narrative, stating that the police initiated the conflict by shooting at soldiers stationed at a checkpoint. Brigadier General Gambo Mohammed explained that the soldiers were responding to an incident where a fellow soldier had been shot and injured by the police, who subsequently concealed the wounded soldier.
He stated, “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.”
