The Abia State House of Assembly Speaker , Chikwendu Kalu , on Saturday , allegedly ordered some policemen in the state to shoot officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps on patrol .
Eyewitnesses said that the speaker gave the order when the FRSC officers stopped the Sport Utility Vehicle his wife was travelling in along the Umuikaa /Aba - Port Harcourt Expressway .

“ When the vehicle was stopped (by the FRSC officials ) , the driver refused to stop, only for him to stop at a distance .
“ The driver reversed the vehicle and it was discovered that a woman in the passenger seat in front, is an officer of the Department of State Services attached to the governor ’s wife .
“ The DSS officer ran towards the officer who stopped the vehicle , held him by uniform and dragged him to the ground , accusing him of hitting their vehicle , ”
The source added that the speaker ’s wife allegedly joined the policemen to beat the official.
“ One of them called the speaker whose village is nearby . He then came with some policemen . He ordered them to shoot the armless officers who were sitting inside the patrol vehicle and mercilessly beat up the team leader.
“ The policemen also forcefully opened the patrol vehicle and went away with the battery . They left the team leader and the other officials that were shot on the road. Other road users helped them to the hospital , ” said the source .

The FRSC Corps Public Education Officer , Bisi Kazeem , confirmed the incident. He said the case had been “ reported to the commissioner of police in the state for further investigations and that it won ’t deter the FRSC from saving lives on the highways .”
When contacted , the Chief Press Secretary to the speaker Mr . Okey Chikwendu promised to confirm the incident and get back to our correspondent . He had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report .
Efforts to get the state Police Public Relations Officer , Mr . Geofrey Ogbonna , were unsuccessful as he neither picked calls made to his mobile nor responded to the text message sent.