Customers of Guarantee Trust Bank in Calabar were frightened on Tuesday when they witnessed a standoff between a soldier and four mobile policemen inside the bank at about 11 am.
The fight was so serious that tear gas was fired inside the banking hall, leading to pandemonium as customers fled the burning sensation, The Nation reported.
The policemen and the soldier sustained injuries while the soldier’s uniform was torn, the newspaper added.
Soon after more armed mobile and regular policemen arrived the bank in trucks demanding for the soldier who was inside the bank.
A few moments later a deployment of soldiers in trucks also landed leading to sporadic shooting into the air, as on looking bystanders and passersby scampered for safety.
