A 16-year-old #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protester in the Samaru community in Zaria, Kaduna State, was on Tuesday, 6 August, 2024 shot dead by a soldier with the Nigerian Army.
Confirming the development The Nigerian Army Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyeama Nwachukwu, who confirmed the sad development in a statement issued on the night of Tuesday, 6 August, 2024 titled “Unfortunate death of a protester by a soldier in Zaria,” said that the teenage protester was identified as Ismail Mohammed.
According to Nwachukwu, the incident happened on Tuesday, 6 August, 2024 when troops of the Nigerian Army received a distress call to help disperse some hoodlums, who had gathered in Samaru, burning tyres and attacking security personnel.
He explained that the mob attempted to attack the troops, which led a soldier to fire a warning shot to scare the hoodlums away, which led to Mohammed’s death, saying that the soldier involved has since been arrested and is undergoing interrogation.
“On August 6, 2024, troops of the Nigerian Army received a distress call that some hoodlums gathered in Samaru in large numbers, burning tyres on the road and pelting stones at security personnel. The troops immediately mobilised and arrived at the scene to disperse the mob and enforce the curfew imposed by the state gtroops,ment,” the image-maker of Nigerian Army said.
The Director of Army Public Relations further explained that on arrival at the scene, the hoodlums brazenly attempted attacking the troops prompting a soldier to fire a warning shot to scare the hoodlums away, which unfortunately led to the death of a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed.
Saddened by the unfortunate incident, according to the statement, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has sent a high-powered delegation led by the General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Maj Gen Lander Saraso, to visit and condole with the family of the deceased.
He stated that the deceased was buried according to Islamic rites with senior military officers of the Nigerian Army in attendance.
