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Soldiers kill businessman in Mushin during argument
A young man, Niyi Ehindero, was on Thursday allegedly shot dead by soldiers attached to Operation MESA Unit on Bada Street in Mushin area of Lagos.
Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the soldiers shot Ehindero at close range in his car, when they went to the area to disperse hoodlums who were engaged in a fierce battle. A friend of the deceased, who craved anonymity, said, “Ehindero and I just came to Bada Street to see a friend when we heard some gunshots. “I ran into a nearby house but Ehindero was not fast enough. Eight soldiers
ordered him to come out of his car but he argued with them. Suddenly, one of them shot him in the crotch and he died immediately.”
Hundreds of people gathered to see KUSH’S corpse, which was lying in a grey Toyota Highlander Sports Utility Van with number plate Lagos FF605 KRD.
Our correspondent learnt that another man identified simply as Wasiu was also shot in the leg by the soldiers. The prolonged violence in the area recurred on Thursday as two factions of area boys engaged in a supremacy battle using guns and all manners of weapons. It was learnt that many people sustained
injuries while properties were vandalized in the violence which lasted for several hours.
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AUDIO: Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Caught On Phone-Tap, Lying, Playing Dumb
AUDIO: Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Caught On Phone-Tap, Lying, Playing Dumb
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Three Bombs Detonated In Maiduguri Despite State Of Emergency Declaration
Three bomb blasts have hit the northern Nigerian cities of Maiduguri and Damaturu while two civilians were shot dead in separate incidents, the military and residents say.
The attacks were the first incidents in the area since it was placed under a state of emergency last weekend by President Goodluck Jonathan in the wake of a heightened offensive by Islamist sect Boko Haram.
"There were two explosions in the Mairi area... this evening. The explosives were planted in a ditch and detonated when nobody was around," Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed, spokesman for a special military taskforce in Maiduguri, said.
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