The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, has confirmed that a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Grace Chalya Silas, has been stabbed to death by criminals suspected to be armed robbers in the State.
The PPR said the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday while the deceased was having an early morning exercise.
She was reportedly stabbed by some hoodlums who ambushed her with the intention to steal her phone.
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Silas said: “She was stabbed by some elements while she was doing her body exercise along GRA road in Barnawa this morning.
“The suspects who were on a bike, stopped and wanted to snatch her phone. While they were struggling to snatch the phone, one of the suspects used a sharp knife and stabbed her.
“When the police received the information, she was quickly rushed to Harmony Hospital, where she was later confirmed dead by the doctors”.
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CP Musa Yusuf Garba, the Commissioner of Police, has directed a thorough investigation into the incident, adding that the Command would do everything within its power to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to book
