THERE was a near confrontation by two factions of the police force at the National and Supreme court precincts last Friday.
The confrontation occurred when officers from the National Fraud Squad tried to serve a warrant of arrest to the Attorney General and Justice Minister Ano Pala as he was leaving the court house after attending to a Supreme Court summons. The fraud officers, including suspended Assistant Commissioner Thomas Eluh, were prevented by policemen who were providing security for Mr Pala. There was a scuffle between the detective who wanted to serve the documents and uniformed officers guarding the minister. "Whose interest are you serving in preventing us from serving him his warrant," shouted an obviously frustrated officer from the fraud squad while a body guard of the minister shouted back, "Where’s your protocol in dealing with leaders, he is a leader and he should be accorded the normal practice, he is not a common criminal to be treated like this." The situation was very tense with both groups shouting at each other but was quelled when the other party drove off. Mr Eluh then addressed the crowd at the court precincts saying: "All this would have turned nasty but all for what? "If any grass root can submit to the rule of law, why can’t our leaders also do the same instead of barricading themselves with bodyguards and tampering with our institutions to serve their interests." Comments are closed.
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