The clash between soldiers and policemen fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in Yobe State on Wednesday resulted in the death of four persons.
Those who died were three policemen and four soldiers.
According to available reports, trouble began on Tuesday when a man was said to have interfered with the convoy of a police mobile squadron as a result of which he was manhandled.
The person turned out to be an army officer.
Sources told Daily Trust that soldiers decided to exert revenge.
They went and took away the mobile police commandant and detained him.
The following day, policemen went to a military formation at the Presidential Lodge to free their commandant.
The stalemate, which began in the evening of Tuesday, lasted till around 11am on Wednesday following the intervention of senior officers of the two security outfits and the Yobe State Government.
In the ensuing battle, three policemen and a soldier died, while several others were wounded.
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