Army condoles with family of protester killed by soldier

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has sent a delegation led by the General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Maj.-Gen. Lander Saraso to visit and condole with the family of the protester killed by a soldier in Zaria, Kaduna State, The Army Spokesman, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu has disclosed.

The Director who disclosed this in a statement informed that the deceased has been buried according to Islamic rites with senior military officers of the Nigerian Army in attendance.

He said that the soldier (name not disclosed) who fired the warning shot that resulted to the death of deceased has been arrested and undergoing interrogation.

Nwachukwu explained that troops of the Nigerian Army on 6 August, 2024, received a distress call that “some hoodlums gathered in Samaru in large numbers, burning tires on the road and pelting stones on security personnel”.

He said the troops immediately mobilised and arrived at the scene to disperse the mob and enforce the curfew imposed by the Kaduna State Government.

On arrival at the scene, he said, the hoodlums brazenly attempted attacking the troops prompting a soldier to fire a warning shot to scare them away, which unfortunately led to the death of a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed.