Tension at Abia Assembly as DSS official beats up policeman

Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the DSS personnel numbering about four, held a staff of the Assembly riding on a vehicle for dropping off a passenger, close to the entrance of the Assembly.

The DSS personnel stationed near the entrance of the Assembly were said to have approached the driver of the vehicle querying why he dropped off passenger at the gate, despite the order barring vehicles to stop in the area.

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However, an attempt by the policeman attached to the Assembly to explain to the DSS personnel that the said driver of the vehicle, was also a staff of the House of Assembly, infuriated them.

They quickly left the driver and pounced on the policeman.

“The DSS personnel immediately pounced on the policeman and beat him up. They questioned why he came to defend the Staff. The Policeman was only trying to explain the situation before he was assaulted,” eyewitnesses said.

Vanguard gathered that it took the intervention of a senior DSS personnel in the state to calm the situation, even as some legislators were said to have driven past the scene without stopping.

Efforts to get the reaction of the Police Public Relations Officer,Abia State Police command, DSP Maureen Chinaka, was yet to respond to calls and a text message made to her mobile number,as at the time of filing this report.