By Abiodun Sanusi

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has deployed intelligence officers to Banex – an electronics and telecommunications gadgets market, in Abuja following a conflict that ensued between soldiers and some traders on Saturday.

A viral video seen by our correspondent on X on Saturday showed a multitude of civilians overpowering some soldiers during a free-for-all fight at Banex.

The Defence Headquarters, and the spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Onyema Nwachukwu could not be reached for comments as of press time.

Meanwhile, a trader who simply identified himself as Abdul, told our correspondent on Saturday that the conflict ensued over the sale of a mobile phone.

"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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"A viral video seen by our correspondent on X on Saturday showed a multitude of civilians overpowering some soldiers during a free-for-all fight at Banex."

Say what you want about the North, they know how to deal with soldiers and police. Soldiers thought they were in the South where a single soldier can OPPRESS an entire community.

Misbehave in the North and collect your customised VAWULENCE.

I no fit laugh. Now Police don get another brief - to separate fight between civilian and Army

Nigeria!

Sending police will complicate issues, cause that will infuriates the soldiers more
FCT no be SW sha
Well! What did I even know...

Nigeria na animal zoo

Hmmm

Hmmm na wah

Vawulence choke

Two military police on uniform were beaten to stupor.
Headboot and upper cut choke, those soldiers go fear civilians next time. Medical treatment is a must for em

Aboniki & Loko, go surplus 💯

Years back I used to have so much respect for our military personnel. Today I've come to discover that they're just a bunch of undisciplined thugs in uniform.

What a shame.

No justice in Nigeria thats why every takes the law into his or her hands

Those traders will sell you defective device and will not want to refund or change the device for you.

Soldiers will beat business man and the corrupt business men will gang up to protect their own same way politicians will defend themselves.

Until the law is truly blind in Nigeria, we will continue to witness this sort of brake down of laws and order

They done package fufu sell give soldier man?

Normal normal

A reprisal attack by the soldiers is looming soon. I just pity the innocent traders and customers that would be there on the day of the reprisal.

Police go separate army & civilians fight?

🤫

Will there be reprisal attacks in Banex like they did in Delta state? No.


Bye.

Hmmm

National embarrassment pointing out that lower military cadre need more training on how to be more civil when outside. In this situation, concerned military man / men ought to report and await further briefing before taken any step.

What can police do in this case😂😀

What will police officers do in this kind of situation, are you gambling or toying with their lives

Police send police to go settle fight between soldiers and civilians. No be juju be dat?

Namaster:
"A viral video seen by our correspondent on X on Saturday showed a multitude of civilians overpowering some soldiers during a free-for-all fight at Banex."

Say what you want about the North, they know how to deal with soldiers and police. Soldiers thought they were in the South where a single soldier can OPPRESS an entire community.

Misbehave in the North and collect your customised VAWULENCE.

Banex is dominated by south easterners.

Nazgul:
Years back I used to have so much respect for our military personnel. Today I've come to discover that they're just a bunch of undisciplined thugs in uniform.

What a shame.

Always looking for the opportunity to tear civilian slap, just to make people no he is a soldier

Namaster:
"A viral video seen by our correspondent on X on Saturday showed a multitude of civilians overpowering some soldiers during a free-for-all fight at Banex."

Say what you want about the North, they know how to deal with soldiers and police. Soldiers thought they were in the South where a single soldier can OPPRESS an entire community.

Misbehave in the North and collect your customised VAWULENCE.

who come full banex na 90% na from east

Its probably they sold a fake phone to the soldiers and he came back to change it or collect refund.

We all know what those phone sellers can do.

Everything scatter

Despite the huge number of sophisticated arms in the hands of civilians in the US, i have never heard a single case of soldiers and civilians clash over there. Wats the issue with our own army? Are they that idle that they now constitute nuisance everywhere?

Naso some army come harash one guy for my street on top girlfriend, when they saw how boys mount,dem use tactics japa. Very soon citizen go dey deal with army like we dey deal with police. They're gradually losing their prestige like the police. Cant they learn from US or UK army??

Surebranding21:
those wey don Japa no no wetin God do for them

we do, but I'm missing amala, eba, akpu, pounded yam, Nigerian soups, bushmeat, drunk and drive, wreckless driving, law breaking etc