By Rufus Ibebe
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH
(URHOBOTODAY)-There was
pandemonium at Ughelli Central
Market, Ughelli, Delta State
yesterday when soldier men
protecting SETRACO workers at a
construction site of a bridge close to
the market went hey wire shooting
indiscriminately.
Traders selling at the market and
passerby fell over themselves as they
ran helter skater in order to avoid
being hit by stray bullets from the
soldier’s gun.
Vehicles coming from both direction of
the road hastly made “U’, while those
who could not turn on time abandoned
their vehicles and flee on their feet. At
first, most people where unaware of
what was happening. This is so mostly
when armed robbers or cultist could
strike at any time of the day.
After the noise of the gun shots died
down and normalcy returned to the
scene, a corpse reported to be that of
a motor cycle rider was lying on his
own pool of blood, while another
victim described a civilian traffic
controller who was hit by stray bullet
and rushed to SETRACO clinic was
reported to have died later.
Urhobotoday gathered that trouble
started at about 8.00 am when a
soldier man who was delegated to
protect workers constructing the
bridge had a misunderstanding with
the motorcycle rider.
The motorcycle rider according to an
eye witness who does not want his
name on print, had picked up an
offence with the manner at which he
was approached by the army who had
told him to disembark from his
motorcycle and push it along the side
of the constructed bridge..
His refusal to obey the order of the
soldier man which led to a serious
argument between them. During the
fracas, the soldier shot the machine
rider on the foot.
This, according to our source angered
the machine rider who subsequently
grabbed his gun and disarmed him.
Another soldier man who was
watching the incident from afar shot
at the machine rider and killed him
instantly.
In the course of trying to escape from
the scene, soldiers present started
shooting sporadically as a result of
which a stray bullet hit a civilian who
was controlling traffic by the road
side. The man was rushed to the
SETRACO clinic where he later died..
After the incident SETRACO workers
and soldiers guiding the scene left
immediately. The corpes of both
machine rider and civilian traffic
controller were later deposited at
Ughelli hospital.
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What a sad demise, it is only in nigeria that you get to see such if it were some western countries the soldier will never put on a Gun in his life.

Ans we will not generate enough comments to put this on Frontpage so that pressure will be put on d military authorities to court marshall d Soldiers, because the okada rider isn't Dino Mel aye

And we will not generate enough comments to put this on Frontpage so that pressure will be put on d military authorities to court marshall d Soldiers, because the okada rider isn't Dino Mel aye

Why would u grab a soldiers rifle. He signed his death warrant when he did that.
Sad stoty.

Obey before complain or die and have your corpse complain.

If only he respected(call it cowardice,its yoir beeswax) the man with the gun and parked as he was told

What will come out of this ? Nothing. At most the soldiers(if they ever get them) will be demoted

If you do what you're told to do, you won't have problem with them! It does happen in Auchi, where commercial motocyclists, and others would be told to come down from the bike and push it.

RIP to the dead!

Lmao...

...trying to disarm a soldier.

Acidosis: Lmao...

...trying to disarm a soldier.

He died, and you are happy and laughing.

Olugbenger:


He died, and you are happy and laughing.

What am I suppose to do, bro?

What if the thug had killed the soldiers on duty (trying to protect Engineers and government property)?


I have no pity for thugs.

Same story different version.

Lusola15: Why would u grab a soldiers rifle. He signed his death warrant when he did that.
Sad stoty.

You fool what part of the constitution empowers a soldier to kill indiscriminately any human who collects his rifle ..

idupaul:

You fool what part of the constitution empowers a soldier to kill indiscriminately any human who collects his rifle ..

Pls go and join the military and wait till a thug strip you off your riffle and bullets...

1. You'll either face a strict penalty for "stealing" a gun.

2. Or get killed by the thug.


You can choose one

idupaul:

You fool what part of the constitution empowers a soldier to kill indiscriminately any human who collects his rifle ..

Why will u call me a fool. Tell me what part of the same Nigerian constitution empowers a thug to collect soldier rifle.

I pray u try and grab my kala then u see what will happene