Illustrative photo of DSS officials
An official of the Departmant of State Security Services, (DSS),
accidentally killed a female traveler along the Kaduna-Abuja Express on
Wednesday around 2:15 pm when the security operatives opened fire on
another vehicle.
According to witnesses who disclosed to Premium Times,
the victim was traveling on a commercial vehicle from Abuja to Kaduna
with her five children when she was hit by a stray bullet around Jere
town
A witness who revealed that the victims’s body was later taken to the toll gate at Kakau/Sabon Gayan community, said;
“We actually don’t know what really happened but we only saw
the DSS operatives, about six of them arriving in two Hilux vehicles.
Immediately they saw a vehicle coming they tried to stop the driver but
he refused to stop so they shot at him.
“Unfortunately they missed their target and hit at the
commercial vehicle conveying the victim and her five children. She died
on the spot,” the witness said.
The incident angered motorists who blocked the highway, though the
road was reopened after the commissioner of police, Adamu Ibrahim,
appealed to the motorists.
The identity of the SSS operative was not released, as he had been reportedly arrested.
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