How Gunmen Attacked Corps Member On Abuja Highway, Kill Another | DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Jan 13, 2022
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday, January 10, escaped suspected assassination attempt on Abuja highway.
According to PUNCH, the Corps member (name unknown), was driving on the Jabi Airport Road area of the FCT, with one Mohammed when a yet to be identified person shot at them.
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A commercial driver, who spoke on condition of anonymity to PUNCH, claimed that Mohammed was also a corps member.
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"There were two corps members in the car; one of them was in uniform. They overtook a car; the car later overtook them and someone shot at them. We don't know what happened, but we just heard a gunshot.
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"The bullet penetrated through their windshield and hit his colleague, who was driving, in the forehead and he died immediately. The corps member in uniform was unhurt.ÔÇØ
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However, another source quoted an eyewitness as saying that the shooter was in a car with tinted glass.
"The driver of the car was rough. He shot at their car and drove off,ÔÇØ he added.
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The FCT police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, said she did not have details of the incident as at press time
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The Director-General of the NYSC, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, however, said no corps member was killed.
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He said, "The person driving the car was shot. But nothing happened to our corps member who was with him. The police led us to trace him; he is Okay. We suspect that the man that was killed was the driver.ÔÇØ
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