Tag: SHOOTING

2 APC members killed in Enugu as police investigate shooting in office

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Police Command in Enugu State has confirmed the death of two All Progressives Congress (APC) members during an attack on the party’s office in Enugu by gunmen. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, who gave the confirmation on Wednesday in Enugu, said that the gunmen also abducted one person while several other party faithful got bullet wounds. Ndukwe said that the yet-to-be identified armed hoodlums attacked the party’s Obeagu Ward 3 secretariat in Obeagu-Awkunanaw in Enugu South Local Government Area on Jan. 18 at about 7 p.m.…

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#EndSARS: We have not been petitioned over shootings at Lekki – Nigerian Army

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Army has said that they have not received any formal petition over their alleged shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on Oct. 20. The counsel for the Nigerian Army, Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), made the assertion on Saturday before the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters. Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo was called to give evidence on behalf of the Nigerian Army on the events of October 20. “I must submit today that there is no allegation…

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