Corps Member Killed by Stray Bullet on Kaduna-Abuja Road As Soldiers, Terrorists Clash
- A stray bullet has reportedly killed a corps member along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway during a gunfight
- The corps member was said to have been in a commercial bus when the bullet hit him during a clash between soldiers and bandits
- A top police officer in the state said about seven bandits were killed during the crossfire which claimed the corps member's life
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Kaduna - A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) died from a stray bullet during a crossfire between security agents and bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway.
According to the Daily Trust newspaper, the bandits were engaged by the security agents while they were trying to cross the highway at Kasarami village at about 8 pm on Friday, May 13.
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The deceased who was serving in Abuja was hit on the head while on a Kaduna-bound commercial vehicle.
A top police officer in the state who did not want to be named because he was not authorized to speak said about seven bandits were killed during the crossfire.
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His words:
“The victim was hit by a stray bullet because there was a serious crossfire between the security agencies and the bandits that tried to cross the main road at Kasarami village which is a route they use.
“But the security men, among them soldiers, at Rijana engaged them killing about seven of them and recovered motorcycles.”
He said the young man was rushed to Saint Gerald Hospital that night but was confirmed dead by doctors.
At the victim’s family home at Gero Road, Tudun Nupawa within the metropolis, a neighbour who also pleaded anonymity, identified the deceased as Malam Aliyu.
The deceased has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
Councillor arrested on his way to supply terrorists with AK-47 in Kaduna
Meanwhile, a councillor elected for Kinkiba ward of Soba local government area of Kaduna, Abdul Adamu Kinkiba, has been arrested with an AK-47 rifle on his way to deliver same to terrorists in one of the deadly forests in the state.
Kinkiba was arrested by the Mobile Policemen of 47 MPF Squad operating along the Galadimawa axis of Giwa local government area of the state.
He was reportedly sighted suspiciously on a motorcycle and stopped for interrogation before he was apprehended.
Kidnapped Kaduna Catholic priest dies in armed bandits camp
In a related development, terrorists have killed a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Joseph Aketeh Bako, who was abducted in Kaduna, recently.
The 48-year-old Bako was abducted from his residence, at Saint John’s Catholic Church in Kudenda, Kaduna when terrorists invaded the area.
It was not immediately confirmed whether ransom was demanded, and paid before he was killed by the terrorists.
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