The family residence of the Vice-
President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo in the Tudun Wada area of Zaria was on Monday
attacked by unknown gunmen.
A shoe cobbler was killed, while two policemen guarding the
building were also wounded in the attack.
The house which is not inhabited at the moment was razed
down during the pos-t election violence that engulfed the state last year and
renovation work was said to have recently began on it.
The three gunmen, who reportedly drove to the residence on a
motor bike shot at the two policemen on duty in the house and killed the
cobbler who was polishing the shoes of one of the policemen.
While one of the policemen was reportedly shot on the leg,
the other sustained gunshot wound on the hand.
The duo have been admitted at the Ahamdu Bello University
Teaching Hospital for treatment.
Wingrass gathered that the gunmen came to the VPs residence
at about 11:00am and opened fire on the unsuspecting mobile policemen and in
the process, one of the policemen was shot on the leg and the other on the
hand.
“The three gunmen who were on a motor bike stormed the
house located at Tudun-Wada area of the city and open fired at the policemen
guarding the house. The shoe cobbler was actually shinning the shoes
belonging to of one of the policemen attached to the house when they shot at
the policemen.
“They actually got two of them, one on the leg and the other
one on the hand. The bullet also hit a shoe cobbler and he died on the spot. I
don’t think he was their target,” an eye witness told The Nation.
The Acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP
Abubakar Balteh, confirmed the report.
He said the cobbler died on the spot from a stray bullet
following the exchange of fire between the policemen and their attackers.
3 comments:
boko haram problem again, this country is a mess
there is a security report that VP is interested in 2015 election. he wants to contest against his boss.
na wa o
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