*As Citizens count loses, victims of stray bullet hospitalised
By Francesca Hangeior
As security operatives battled hoodlums who mixed with protesters in Kaduna on Monday, a stray bullet wounded a Kaduna man who was inside his home at the Hayin Danmani community.
Two young men in the community were reportedly killed when they burgled a rice processing mill to steal.
Malam Bala Wushishi, a resident of the community who spoke to our correspondent on Tuesday, said the situation was tensed as the security forces fought the rampaging youths who took over the protest and caused mayhem.
According to him,” I just returned from the 44 hospital where the man is receiving treatment. He was not among the protesters. We were all in our houses as gunshots were heard everywhere. Suddenly, a bullet found its way into the man’s house and hit him. I saw him, he is lucky to be alive.
”These young boys were killed when they went to steal rice in a local mill. They were just hiding under the guise of protest, to steal,” he alleged.
At the western bypass, the miscreants had a field day before the arrival of soldiers, who gave them a hot chase.
An eye witness, Mr. Sam Yusuf said ” the miscreants hauled stones and other hard objects on moving vehicles. They did that to an articulated vehicle (trailer) that was carrying goats. In fact, they even climbed the truck and started picking the goats before the driver zoomed off.”
Similarly, another truck carrying bags of red pepper, was stopped and vandalised by the miscreants along the Kawo- Hayin Banki axis in Kaduna North Local Government Area. Each bag of red pepper was estimated to be close to N200,000.
Many unsuspecting commuters fell victim of notorious phone snatchers, who took advantage of the riotous atmosphere and unleashed terror in the area.
Unconfirmed report indicated that one of the phone thieves who pretended to be a protester, was apprehended and beaten to death by people in the area.
Meanwhile, a prominent Muslim leader, Sheikh Halliru Maraya has admonished that killing innocent souls is against the teaching of Islam, warning that ” if you kill one person, the consequence is like you’ve killed the entire humanity. “