At least one police officer was allegedly injured by some soldiers inside Ajegunle Spare Parts Market in Osogbo, Osun State, on Saturday.
This is coming days after soldiers allegedly attacked police officers on traffic duty in Lagos, killing an inspector.
It was not clear what the caused the disagreement that snowballed into violence. The identities of the police and soldiers involved could not be immediately ascertained.
Witnesses in the market said a policeman was seized and beaten up by some soldiers to the surprise of many people in the incident.
“But the situation became tense when some police operatives from Dugbe Police Division, located few meters away from Ajegunle spare parts market arrived at the scene and engaged the soldiers in an argument.
“The matter soon degenerated and there was an exchange of gunshots for some minutes. The incident occurred some minutes past 5pm on Saturday. We all fled the scene to escape being shot,” an eyewitness, who preferred anonymity told The Punch.
Spokesperson of the Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, has confirmed the incident.
