There
was commotion in part of Kaduna metropolis when Department of State
Security DSS operatives accidentally killed a
traveler along Kaduna- Abuja
Express
way.
The
victim a woman was said to be inside a boarded commercial vehicle on
her way
from Abuja down to Kaduna with her five children when she was hit
by a
stray bullet.
The
incident actually occurred around Jere town before her corpse was
brought
to tall gate, located at Kakau/ Sabon Gayan community.
Eyewitness
said the incident occurred around 2:15 pm when the DSS
operatives open fire on the vehicle as they attempted to shot at another
vehicle
along the highway.
Details
of who the identity of the person the DSS operatives were after
remain
sketchy.
"
We actually don't know what really happened but we only saw the DSS
operatives about 6 of them arriving in two
hilux vehicle. Immediately they
saw a
vehicle coming they tried to stop the driver but he refuses to stop
so they
shot at him.
"
But unfortunately they missed their targets. And hit at the commercial
vehicle
conveying the victim and her five
children. She died on the spot.
his
angered motorists that withnessed the incidence as they block the high
way," an eye witnessed told our
correspondent on phone.
It was
further gathered that it took the intervention of police
commissioner to plead with the motorists to
pave way for other vehicles
plying
the highway.
The
State Commissioner of Police Adamu Ibrahim confirmed the incident,
saying
the DSS suspects have being arrested by the police as he called for
calm.
According
to him, investigation is ongoing to ascertain the situation.
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