A police corporal, attached to Yankaba Division, Kano,
yesterday, shot and killed a taxi driver who was transporting a sick female
passenger to the hospital.
The passenger, unfortunately also died
in the incident.According to an eyewitness, Isa Tanko, the killings occurred
around 9.30am between Hadejia Road roundabout and Haye quarters of Nassarawa
local government area.
He said:
“The cab driver was flagged down at a security check point
by officers of the Nigerian Police and, within two minutes, I heard gunshots
that sent shivers down the spines of onlookers “, Tanko said.
“We rushed to the scene and found the driver in a pool of
his blood; so also was a
woman gasping for breathe inside the cab who gave up the
ghost before help could come her way.”
The eyewitness disclosed that the incident caused chaos as a
crowd gathered to mob the suspected officer who eventually escaped in a police
waiting van.
However, efforts to confirm the incident from Kano State Police Image Maker, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, proved abortive.
However, efforts to confirm the incident from Kano State Police Image Maker, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, proved abortive.
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