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Police in Niger state have arrested 16 people,
mostly commercial motorcyclists, for beating up two of its personnel and
torching a police patrol vehicle.
According to police accounts, a reckless
truck driver brushed the side of the moving patrol vehicle forcing it to the sidewalks
where it hit two pedestrians.
In a short moment, commercial motorcyclists
encircled the occupants of the patrol vehicle and beat them to a pulp.
The incident
happened close to the pedestrian bridge at the famous Kure ultra-modern market.
It is not known with certainty what has happened to the two pedestrians who
were knocked down by the police patrol vehicles but, the two policemen who received
the mob beating are said to be undergoing treatment at two separate hospitals.
Commercial
transporters and traders in Nigeria always seize the opportunity to vent their
frustrations on police officers who they say extort and brutalize them at the
slightest opportunity.
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