Police officer shoots airforce officer at Owerri.

Punch is reporting that Douglas Road, the commercial nerve centre of Owerri, the Imo State capital, was on Thursday thrown into confusion as policemen attached to a branch of First Bank clashed with an officer of the Nigerian Air Force, who was at the bank for a transaction.

Eyewitnesses told our correspondent at the scene of the incident that the clash started when the air force officer, who was said to be hospitalised, wanted to make use of one of the ATM at the bank premises, but was prevented from doing so by one of the policemen guarding the bank.

It was gathered that the policeman told the air force officer that he was being denied access because he was bearing firearm.

“The air force man, on hearing the reason he was prevented from using the ATM, got angry and resisted the policeman,” one of the eyewitnesses said.

An argument was said to have ensued, which degenerated to a fight. It was learnt that the military officer was shot in the process.