The Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Chikwendu Kalu, on Monday visited the two Federal Road Safety Corps officials shot on Saturday by policemen attached to him.
Kalu, who arrived the Living Word Mission Hospital, Aba at about 10am, said he came to see how the men were faring.
However, the speaker was stopped from entering their ward by the victims who shouted that Kalu should not be allowed into the room.
One of the men who was shot on the neck and waist was seen on the floor reeling and crying profusely, while some hospital staff tried to console him.
He said: “I saw him at the scene.
“What if we had died, he would have come to see our corpses.”
However, Kalu, who spoke to newsmen after the visit, said he was satisfied the FRSC men were recuperating and in a better health condition.
The speaker said he had paid their hospital bills and would still pay them more visits until they were discharged from the hospital.
He said although he had no say in the fate of his police aide who shot the FRSC men, there was no reason for the shooting to have taken place at all.
Kalu said: “I don’t think I will ever condone that overzealousness.
“I have been able to do the needful telling them that such a thing will never happen again.”
Dr. Jude Ehiemere, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, when asked about the health status of the victims, declined comments, saying he was busy and had no time for journalists.
The Federal Road Safety Corps had on July 15 confirmed the shooting of two of its officers on duty in Abia.
The Public Education Officer of the Corps, Bisi Kazeem, who confirmed the shooting, was silent on the identity of those responsible.
Kazeem said the matter had been reported to the police for investigation, while the victims were receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.
He said: “It is true that our officers were shot this afternoon. The matter has been reported to the police and we are awaiting the outcome of their investigation.
“The wounded officers have been hospitalised, and they are in stable condition.
“This will not deter our men from carrying out their duties, but would rather embolden them to make our roads safer for Nigerians.”
The police on Monday confirmed that a policeman and an operative of the Department of State Services, attached to Kalu, carried out the shooting.
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