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Amnesty International Nigeria writes:

The Nigerian authorities must investigate the reckless use of fire arms by the military that killed a girl in Maiduguri Borno state.

The 14-year-old secondary school student was killed on Saturday 4 April after being hit by a stray bullet while inside her home. The fatal shot was reportedly fired by military personnel engaged in celebratory gunfire during a wedding ceremony at a nearby event center.

A family friend of the victim said:

“She (the deceased) lived in the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) quarters with her family and was inside her home when the tragedy occurred. She had just finished applying henna for her mother and herself, joyfully preparing for a family wedding scheduled for that same day.”

While her funeral was held this morning at Maiduguri graveyard, her family and friends are left seeking answers for a death that was entirely preventable.

Amnesty International calls for a transparent, impartial and effective investigation of the incident to safeguard lives and ensure justice.

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Na to arrest bride and groom, all other personnel will fall out

Stray bullet from where ?

Nigeria, a failed country!

Rest in peace young one.
Nigeria happened to you .
But that picture don't look 14 to me.
Abi na my eyes?


The bullet they should use for Boko and bandits they are using to celebrate wedding.
Nonsense.

Nawaa for this useless people ooo what kind of a country is this.

An average security operative in Nigeria takes hard drugs and alcohol while in possession of guns.

The ones that appear disciplined are selected to guard politicians.

This hurts so deeply.

It's so sad

Otunski:
Stray bullet from where ?

Military military military

May Her Soul Rest In Perfect Peace ✌ 🙏



God Bless All The Good Discipline Officers 🙏

A country where everything goes.

Young beautiful life cut short just like that,by a careless coward with a gun

Can someone please define what is A STRAY BULLET?


It beats my imagination for a trained officer to shoot an innocent person in the name of STRAY BULLET.... there are processes before a shot is activated.

For me, nothing like a STRAY BULLET but blood thirty vampires in khaki especially in Nigeria

Celebratory gunfire has no place in a civilized society. This kind of recklessness keeps costing innocent lives

Wasting our bullets in a wedding ceremony whereas they cannot fire one single bullet at Boko Haram.
The Officer must be arrested and prosecuted.
Rest in Peace 🕯️

It's still confusing to me how a bullet fired upwards will harm a person when it gets down.

It baffles me.

Another kinda way to die in Nigeria. Stray bullet from your own military.

na wah oh..RIP Stray bullet

The shooter was most likely under the influence of some substance. What's all this about shooting unnecessarily as if it's a parade? Those found guilty should be arrested and dismissed from service.

Strange things are happening in this since country that strange man, drug baron and certificate forger forced his way through fraudulent act into power.

Love800:
It's still confusing to me how a bullet fired upwards will harm a person when it gets down.

It baffles me.

Can't be upwards. Must have hit a surface and ricocheted towards the child.

Lies Dem never pay them salary
Rubbish kontree
Celebration of what na upstairs them dey stay

Gravity. Whatever goes up must come down. The bullet was probably fired vertically, not at the appropriate angle. Our military need serious training

Dis tinubu regime sef na so so bad tori full am

Sorry to say but it's not a stray bullet...you know the place she lives....if you know you know...

What a beautiful soul? This will never happen abroad, I hope the officer receives death sentence

Which military dey Maiduguri no be BH full there. This story no pure, let's just say it is a family affair.
We all have seen the video where one bandit fire him colleague during their weeding, I believe na the same thing happened.

It would be an unknown soldier and the cade would be killed

Celebratory gunfire..
What kind of nonsense is that.
From the military that is supposed to be disciplined in the handling of arms and munitions.

The only people I know who do that nonsense are ragtag militants and of course the insurgents they are supposed be fighting.

The CO of that unit should be called in for questioning.

Poorly trained military.