A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member has lost his life during a gun duel between security operatives and bandits along Kaduna-Abuja road.
According to reports, the corp member, Aliyu Muhammed Lawal died after being hit by a stray bullet him when security agents engaged bandits while they were trying to cross the highway at Kasarami Village at about 8pm on Friday, May 13.
According to Daily Trust, the deceased who was serving in Abuja was hit on the head while on a Kaduna-bound commercial vehicle.
Confirming the incident, a top police officer who pleaded anonymity, seven bandits were killed during the gun duel.
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He said;
“The victim was hit by a stray bullet because there was a serious crossfire between the security agencies and the bandits that tried to cross the main road at Kasarami village which is a route they use. But the security men, among them soldiers, at Rijana engaged them killing about seven of them and recovered motorcycles,” he said.
He said the young man was rushed to Saint Gerald Hospital that night but was confirmed dead by doctors.
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