Blood On Uniforms (5): 10-year-old dead after police raid on Jigawa market
Residents say they heard gunshots, then everyone scampered for safety. Some moments later, Usman was found lying unconscious in the market, blood oozing out of his skull. He had been hit. 7 min read
By Thursday, April 9, 2020, ten days after Nigeria entered a partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officers of the Nigeria police, army, correctional service and others had extra-judicially killed 13 people while enforcing the curfew – the virus had only claimed six lives by then. By May 4, when the government eased the lockdown, about 20 persons had been killed in similar circumstances. For three months, investigative journalist, Kemi Busari, followed the
BLOOD ON UNIFORMS (5): 10-year-old Aspiring Doctor Dead After Police Raid On Jigawa Market
Residents say they heard gunshots, then everyone scampered for safety. Some moments later, Usman was found lying unconscious in the market, blood oozing out of his skull. He had been hit.
by Kemi Busari
Mar 15, 2021
On Thursday, April 9, 2020, ten days after Nigeria entered a partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officers of the Nigeria police, army, correctional service and others had extra-judicially killed 13 while enforcing the curfew – the virus had only claimed six lives by then. By May 4, when the government eased the lockdown, about 20 persons had been killed in similar circumstances. For three months, investigative journalist, Kemi Busari, followed the trails of these arbitrary killings which have left many families devastated, with no hope of justice. This is the last part in the series.
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A friend of Bashir Aliyu, a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State, who committed suicide on Monday after accusing his girlfriend of cheating on him on Valentine’s Day, has narrated how the love affair between the deceased and his school sweetheart ended in a tragedy.
Earlier, the university’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Bello, had told PREMIUM TIMES the incident occurred on Monday. He added that the vice chancellor, Abdulkareem Sabo, had ordered an investigation.
The university spokesperson said Mr Aliyu, a 400-level student of Mathematics, died after ingesting a poisonous substance at his off campus apartment in Yalwawa quarters in Dutse.