KDF, Police Standoff over dramatic Lodwar arrest
Tension is now brewing between the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the National Police Service (NPS) over an incident on Wednesday where some soldiers were arrested and locked up by the police.
KDF has termed the arrests of its soldiers in Lodwar on Wednesday as ‘demeaning’ and intended to embarrass and humiliate them as questions emerged over the incident that has generated heated debate on social media.
The KDF also said preliminary investigations had established that the soldiers neither assaulted the police officers nor stormed the police station as alleged by the Turkana Central Sub-County police Commander Samuel Boit.
“Our attention has been drawn to videos, photos, and texts circulating on both mainstream and social media on the arrest of KDF soldiers at a Lodwar Police Station,” KDF said.
Four KDF soldiers were dramatically arrested following a nasty altercation with their counterparts from the NPS in Lodwar town.
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