Tension gripped Banex Plaza in Wuse, Abuja, as a confrontation erupted between military personnel and traders on Saturday, May 18.
A viral video captured by our reporter on X depicted civilians engaged in a scuffle with three soldiers in Abuja.
An anonymous trader revealed that the conflict stemmed from a dispute between the soldiers and some traders regarding the purported sale of a defective phone.
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“There’s a problem at Banex now. Some soldiers came to complain about a phone, and during an argument with the traders, a fight ensued,” Abdul simply revealed.
When contacted over the development, the spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh said the Commissioner of Police, Benett Igweh has deployed officers of the FCT Intelligence Response Team to the scene of the incident.
“The CP has deployed the Intelligence Response Team to the scene,” Adeh confirmed.
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