The Nigerian Army has confirmed
the killing of a civilian by one of its personnel on Friday.
Recall that a soldier attached to
Command Secondary School, Kaduna by Command Junction along Kachia Road, shot
dead a man for fetching sand from a gutter close to his duty post.
Reacting to the incident, the
Army said “the attention of Headquarters 1 Division Nigerian has been drawn to
tension arising from an incident that occurred at about 10:00am yesterday, 9
June 2017.
“A soldier of the Division Internal Security Force deployed at Command Secondary School Kaduna opened fire on some youths suspected to have encroached into the school premises. One of the youths was hit and died at the spot.”
“A soldier of the Division Internal Security Force deployed at Command Secondary School Kaduna opened fire on some youths suspected to have encroached into the school premises. One of the youths was hit and died at the spot.”
The statement signed by Colonel
Kingsley Umoh, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army
said “officers have been deployed to the scene of the incident in response and
the Police have also been invited to take control of the situation.”
Also speaking at an emergency
meeting to resolve the impasse with some traditional rulers and youth leaders
from Television community, the representative of the State Governor and
coordinator of Operation Yaki, Col. Yakubu Soja (Rtd), assured citizens of the
state that government would conduct investigation into the incidence with the
sole aim of prosecuting the culprit.
He said, the governor is saddened
by the development and appealed for calm among the citizens of the state.
He advised the people of the area
not to view what happen with religious coloration but a clash between civilians
and soldiers.
His words, “We cannot allow this
to go unpunished, we shall investigate the cause of the incidence and ensure
the law takes its course. The Army authority has already taken action against
the soldier that shot dead the civilian. We ares assuring the people that
justice shall take its course,” he said.
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