At the premises of Evbuoriaria Magistrate’s Court, in Benin, a show of lawlessness was perpetrated on Wednesday, by soldiers of the Nigerian Army.
The soldiers reportedly invaded the court and released four suspects brought for arraignment by officials of the Edo State War Against Indiscipline.
WAI officials had arrested a couple and impounded their Mitsubishi car with number plates EDO BEN 451 FH along Airport Road over alleged violation of traffic rules.
After the arrest, the couple made some calls, following which a detachment of soldiers stormed the premises of WAI, and shot sporadically into the air, while also beating up some staff of the agency.
Lawrence Loye, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, who is a retired Army Major, was said to have intervened and the soldiers left the premises.
However, on Wednesday, August 26, when WAI took the suspects to a magistrate’s court, the soldiers returned.
The suspects were at the court premises, while waiting for the case to be assigned to a magistrate, when the soldiers arrived in a Toyota Hilux van and dragged the suspects out of the WAI vehicle into theirs.
