The driver of the chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Manga Lukman Barde, who was allegedly stabbed
by the soldiers receives treatment at a private clinic in Gwagwalada.
It was all tension and panic in Giri community in Abuja when a
soldier allegedly shot and wounded a resident of the area, identified as
Danjuma Joshua, while another person, Manga Lukman Barde, was also
stabbed by the same soldier, last Friday.
A witness said the incident happened around 1:42p.m. when two
soldiers, in mufti had a misunderstanding with a driver of a Nissan
pick-up van with registration number XA 339 NAS, who was carrying
timber.
The witness said the driver, identified as Idris Musa, was driving
into the village while the two soldiers were walking by the side of the
road.
“The driver decided to stop after he got close to the soldiers
because there were two vehicles parked by the road side, narrowing the
road,” the witness said.
“But when one of the soldiers turned back and saw the driver stopped, he asked the driver why he stopped close to them.”
The witness said the driver decided to make a phone call which
angered the two soldiers who also placed a call to their men at the
nearby Army base in the area and the soldiers came in their large number
to the area, inside a Toyota Hilux van.
He alleged that the soldiers started shooting sporadically and Joshua was hit by a bullet.
He further alleged that it was when Barde, who was the driver of
the incumbent chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Alhaji Abubakar
Jibrin Giri, tried to broker peace between the pick-up van diver and the
soldiers that he was allegedly stabbed.
According to Daily Trust, when Joshua was visited at the University
of Abuja Teaching Hospital at Gwagwalada, where he was receiving
treatment on Friday, he said he was hit by the soldiers’ stray bullets
when he was trying to find out what was happening.
The chairman’s driver, who was admitted at a private clinic in Gwagwalada, could not speak as he was still unconscious.
Reacting to the incident, the chairman of the council said he was
not at home when the incident happened but one of his security men
called to inform him about the incident.
The chairman has called on the security authorities to fish out those behind the incident.
He cautioned residents, especially youth, not to take laws into
their own hands. When contacted, the Gwagwalada Divisional Police
Officer (DPO), ASP Rabiu Mohammed, confirmed the incident, even though
he said the matter is before the military authorities.
He said: “When the incident happened, I called and informed the
military authorities and I believe that they are already doing
something about the incident. The FCT police commissioner was also
informed about the incident. “
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