By Onome Oghenetega
The Delta State Police Command has reacted to the alleged shooting of the President of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Dr. Harrison Adja, by yet-to-be identified police operatives in Agbor, Ika South LGA of the state
A statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, denied the shooting of the medical doctor.
Edafe explained that though Dr. Adja reported an altercation with yet-to-be identified policemen but he was not shot at as the ARD President had claimed in the media.
Adja, who is ARD President at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) Oghara, had alleged narrowly escaping death after policemen in patrol van shot at him around the Uromi Junction of the Benin/Asaba Expressway.
The medical doctor had stated that the trigger-happy policemen in a lone patrol van shot at him while attempting to overtake their vehicle.
But reacting to the development, the police spokesman said “The said doctor, Adja Harrison, on the 24th of January 2023, reported that he had an encounter with a VIP convoy at Agbor, during which one of the security personnel shot at his vehicle. The VIP is unknown as well as the identity of the security man that shot.
“The registration number provided by the doctor revealed that it is a privately registered vehicle and not a Police vehicle.
“While the command is still investigating to ascertain the identity of the security personnel that carried out the act, it will be wrong to assume that the shooting was done by the police.
“However, the Command has written to the appropriate authority to furnish us with the details of the vehicle to ascertain the identity of the owner of the vehicle to enable us to fish out the perpetrators of this act
“Consequently, the command sues for calm as upon completion of the investigation, the public will be informed.”
