FCT police spokesman, DSP Josephine Adeh, who denied that houses were set on fire during the fracas, noted that the unrest followed a fatal hit-and-run motor versus motorcycle accident around Same Global Estate, Dakwo, Galadimawa, about 1:30 p.m. yesterday.
His words: “The command assures residents that normalcy has been restored to the area. The FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Babaji Sunday, was on the ground with operatives for an on-the-spot assessment. It is imperative to equally state that, contrary to information filtering out, no house was burnt.
“The CP assures residents of the command’s dedication to the safety of life and property within the FCT under his watch while urging well-meaning members of the public to remain calm and go about their lawful businesses without the fear of harassment and molestation of any kind from any quarter.”
He urged the residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious or abnormal occurrence to the police through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk could be reached on: 0902 222 2352.
