Nigerian Soldiers in Katsina State on Thursday opened fire on a commercial vehicle with reg. number AY504KTN, killing one of the passengers, a student of the Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic in the

city. Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, the JTF spokesman in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina.

 

Iweha said that the soldiers opened fire on the vehicle when the driver attempted to beat a military checkpoint at Batagarawa area of the state.

Iweha confirmed said that one of the passengers in the vehicle was hit and that he died instantly.

The JTF spokesman said that the affected driver had been arrested while the vehicle had been impounded by the army.

Iweha said that investigation into the incident has also commenced.

Meanwhile, a witness, who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen that the driver allegedly attempted to overtake a truck at the checkpoint.

The witness said that the deceased was later identified as Umar Ali, 22, a National Diploma II student of Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina.

According to the witness, the deceased was travelling along with his friends to Minna, Niger, for a wedding ceremony when the incident occurred.

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"they leave sorrow, tears and blood. . .their regular trademark!"
-Baba Fela

Pathetic

God bless nigeria. this is one of the billon reasons why my hustling niggas wont go back home .. i love this lyrics dunno the name of the group but i know they are group artist based in nigeria *as for me i go take broom' sweep my upper room lock myself i no go see the sun or moon no need for spoon' i no go chop' i go fast morning and afternoon' people go assume say i meet my doom inside my room....... '*

Licensed-2-Kill:
"they leave sorrow, tears and blood. . .their regular trademark!"
-Baba Fela

What do u expect from them?? They should wait to confirm that d passengers are not suicide bombers after they detonate the explosives they are carrying? why will anybody in his sane mind try to jump a military checkpoint?
I feel bad for the victim but u can't blame the soldiers for what happened.

ViKtor1094:

What do u expect from them?? They should wait to confirm that d passengers are not suicide bombers after they detonate the explosives they are carrying? why will anybody in his sane mind try to jump a military checkpoint?
I feel bad for the victim but u can't blame the soldiers for what happened.

Your brain has been militarized.

Trigger-happy soldiers.
may his soul rest in peace.

dey asked for it

RIP bros

The soldier was just over reactive based on the security challenges in the North.

RIP to the deceased.

Swaggot00: God bless nigeria. this is one of the billon reasons why my hustling niggas wont go back home .. i love this lyrics dunno the name of the group but i know they are group artist based in nigeria *as for me i go take broom' sweep my upper room lock myself i no go see the sun or moon no need for spoon' i no go chop' i go fast morning and afternoon' people go assume say i meet my doom inside my room....... '*

hope say u sabi pray? Cos u go pray sote messi win grammy award

Swaggot00: God bless nigeria. this is one of the billon reasons why my hustling niggas wont go back home .. i love this lyrics dunno the name of the group but i know they are group artist based in nigeria *as for me i go take broom' sweep my upper room lock myself i no go see the sun or moon no need for spoon' i no go chop' i go fast morning and afternoon' people go assume say i meet my doom inside my room....... '*

Na "the pous" be their name

Swaggot00: God bless nigeria. this is one of the billon reasons why my hustling niggas wont go back home .. i love this lyrics dunno the name of the group but i know they are group artist based in nigeria *as for me i go take broom' sweep my upper room lock myself i no go see the sun or moon no need for spoon' i no go chop' i go fast morning and afternoon' people go assume say i meet my doom inside my room....... '*

hope say u sabi pray? Cos u go pray sote messi win grammy award

Why try to beat a military checkpoint in any northern state at this time of terror in Nigeria, is just like committing suicide.

The driver should know better. Those areas are security threat; if you as a driver tries to play smart, you may not live to tell the story. My heart goes to the departed.

That soldier must be Jail for Life......why must he open fire on innocent soul.....




Zombies No Get Kontrol o Na Jorojara joro In FeLa Voice

I fuckin hate them. I don't know what drill they pass on to them in the military but they should try very hard to drill into them that because other citizens are not in the military doesn't mean we are lesser citizens and they see us as if we're are not part of the nation.
We understand that in cases of extreme emergency they are the ones we will summon but taking unnecessary actions in situations that could have been treated with common sense shows that most of them love to exercise power even when it doesn't warrant.

That was very harsh on the part of the soldiers. Did the driver have a skeleton in his cupboard? No one will do a thing about this matter. Just watch...

They can kill innocent students but cant kill all the boko harams troubling the north?..that soldier should be courtmarshalled immediately..

As always, no human feelings

Hmmm... Very unfortunate incidence. Obviously, the driver was reckless and should be made to face the full music.

To blame the army may be difficult here considering the security atmosphere in that region and the way the driver acted. Nevertheless, our security men are sometimes crazy at handling their arms.

Peeps...I just hav only bt 2 questions to ask...Is this shootin nd killin in the north realy the way førward?...IS naija,truely the LAND OF PEACE AND UNITY...?

ViKtor1094:

What do u expect from them?? They should wait to confirm that d passengers are not suicide bombers after they detonate the explosives they are carrying? why will anybody in his sane mind try to jump a military checkpoint?
I feel bad for the victim but u can't blame the soldiers for what happened.

God punish your Papa.

. OMG

so the driver was trying to play james bond at a military checkpoint in that volatile region.... the driver, not the army, should be held accountable for that boy's death... where him dey run go?

I dnt feel good..... But my trigger happy...@2 chainz

A reasonable person will never beat army security point,expecialy in the north where things happen.
Rip to the dead!

People go start to blame the soldier man alone, leavin d driver. Wetin go make a sane driver overtake another vehicle for checkpoint?.

ViKtor1094:

What do u expect from them?? They should wait to confirm that d passengers are not suicide bombers after they detonate the explosives they are carrying? why will anybody in his sane mind try to jump a military checkpoint?
I feel bad for the victim but u can't blame the soldiers for what happened.

remember this is KATSINA not KANO, BORNO or YOBE states