Several heavily armed military troops clashed with some police officers in Accra’s Central Business District on Monday afternoon.
The fights began when three military officers in an official military vehicle allegedly followed and beat a plain-clothes police officer on a motorcycle following an alleged traffic infraction by the police officer.
According to an eyewitness who spoke to OilCity radio, the police officer, after many pleadings and identifying himself as an Inspector in an attempt to ward off the attack stopped the soldiers from pummelling him.
According to reports, the officer went to the Accra Central Police Station to report the occurrence.
Some police officers armed themselves and pursued the soldiers, arresting one of them.
The soldiers are said to have asked for reinforcements in an attempt to save their colleague, but they were met with heavy resistance by the police until some senior officers were able to calm the situation down.
The eyewitness added that the traders were surprised to see members of the country’s top security organisations engage in open conflict and verbally and physically assault each other.
