There is serious tension in Bomadi town, headquarters of Bomadi local government area of Delta State following the death of a soldier who was shot dead on Thursday morning by a policeman attached to the Eagle Net police formation in the area.

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Though details on what led to the incident were still sketchy at the time of this report, soldiers from the 222 battalion in Agbarha-Otor stationed in the area, have gone on rampage in protest of the incident.

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A senior police officer from the Bomadi police station who confirmed the incident to Vanguard on condition of anonymity, said: “We currently have a security situation in Bomadi as one of our men shot dead a soldier this morning.

“The soldiers are on rampage and they have been attacking any policeman on sight and have already seized a police patrol van attached to Bomadi Division.”

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