Three officers have been reported dead in a clash between police officers and Naval officers in Calabar, Cross Rivers state.
The clash according to report started on Tuesday night leading to the death of three police officers and the destruction of a police station in the area.
The police station was according to reports set ablaze by the rampaging Naval officers who started the fight after a police traffic warden reportedly stopped a group of Naval officers who tried to beat the traffic light at a check point opposite the Navy barracks in the Akim area of the town.
The Naval officers were reported to have been offended by the traffic warden’s action leading to a face-off which resulted in both parties calling for reinforcement.
The Naval officers were however reported to have taken the fight up a notch by attacking the Akim police station where they shot sporadically and set the station ablaze.
They were also reported to have stopped fire fighters from stopping the fire at the station.