There was confusion at a filling station along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road after a female police inspector attached to the Airport Police Command and identified as Mrs. Florence Anih, was slapped by a Nigerian Air Force lance corporal.
The incident happened
last Wednesday. Zadiel was said to be with another officer, who did not wear a
name tag.
Punch learnt from an
eyewitness that the victim had driven into a branch of Forte Oil Filling
Station on Airport Road to fill her fuel tank and discovered that there was a
queue, which she joined.
However, when it came
to her turn, the station attendant saw that her fuel tank was not directly
facing the pump.
She was reportedly
asked to turn her car for the tank to be in direct contact with the nozzle.
It was learnt that as
she tried to turn as the attendant advised, Zadiel saw her and thought she was
attempting to beat the queue.
He was said to have
ordered her to go back to the end of the queue.
In the ensuing argument,
Zadiel, who was in full military outfit, allegedly slapped Florence.
He was also said to
have used his hand to break the windscreen of the policewoman’s car.
A witness, who spoke on
the condition of anonymity, said Zadiel and his colleague had earlier been
given preferential treatment and allowed to fill the tank of their vehicle
because they claimed to be on a special mission.
He said, “The woman was
on the queue and was not putting on a uniform. When it got to her turn, her
fuel tank was at the other side of where the nozzle was.
“She was asked to turn
and as she moved forward, the person behind her quickly filled the space and
the attendant pleaded with the woman to be patient.
“He attended to the
person behind her and was about to attend to her when the air force man came
from the back and said the policewoman would not buy the fuel. The air force
man said he was on a special assignment.”
The manager of the
station reportedly intervened and ordered that the woman be served.
The witness added that
Florence, however, said the officer and his colleague should be attended to
since they were on a special assignment.
“After they were
served, the air force man insisted that the woman should go back to the end of
the queue.
“He started banging on
her car and the woman challenged him. So, he told her, ‘you are stupid’ and the
woman also replied him, ‘you are also stupid’ and that was how he slapped her.”
It was learnt that the
assault resulted in a brawl.
After the duo were
separated, the air force officer, with his fist, hit the victim’s car
windscreen and smashed it.
This is the second time
a female police officer would be assaulted by an air force officer on the
Airport Road.
On January 20, a Chief Superintendent of Police, Felicia Victor, was slapped by a yet-to-be identified air force officer attached to the office of the Commandant, Airport Command, Group Captain, Victor Ajiboye.
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