The Nigerian Army says its troops mistakenly killed a teenager during the #EndBadGovernance protests in Samaru town in Zaria, Kaduna on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A statement, shortly after the fatal shooting, by army spokesperson Onyema Nwachukwu said 16-year-old boy Ismail Mohammed was killed by a soldier who wanted to fire a warning shot to disperse hoodlums.<\/p>\n
The army said it was alerted by a distress call that the protests in Samaru had turned violent and that hordes of hoodlums were \u201cburning tyres on the road and pelting stones on security personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Nwachukwu said troops were deployed to restore calm and enforce the curfew that Governor Uba Sani had earlier imposed but that the soldiers were fiercely resisted.<\/p>\n
The army spokesperson said that the \u201choodlums 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
The soldier who fired the fatal shot, according to Mr Nwachukwu, has been taken in for questioning while a delegation of officers was sent to condole with the bereaved and attend Mr Mohammed\u2019s burial.<\/p>\n
The deceased\u2019s mother, Zainab Sani, said the shooting occurred around 9:00 a.m. at the family\u2019s residence at Sarkin Pawa Street, Samaru, Zaria, by a soldier on patrol alongside his colleagues.<\/p>\n
She said the late Isma\u2019il was playing with his friends and brother in front of their house when they saw soldiers coming in their direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith one of the soldiers pointing his gun at them, they ran into the house and shut the gate,\u201d Ms Sani said.<\/p>\n
Ms Sani alleged that the soldier, however, shot at the gate, thereby killing Isma\u2019il, who stood by the gate to prevent the soldiers from gaining entry.<\/p>\n
She added that his son had just written his final secondary school examination in Zaria and was seeking admission to further his education when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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