Nigerian security agents reportedly killed at least three teenagers and a would-be bride during the #EndBadGovernance protests in Kano State.
SaharaReporters had reported how the protest, which started on Thursday, August 1, resulted in the death of many protesters and indiscriminate arrest of journalists and media practitioners.
It was learnt that that incidents happened at Kofar Nassarawa, Kurnar Asabe and Rjiyar Lemo in Kano State.
One of the victims, Abdulkadir Labaran Babah Alfindiki, was allegedly killed at Kofar Nassarawa, according to Daily Trust.
Deceased’s mother, Aisha Isah Babah was qouted saying: “He left home for his business place. Worried that he didn’t come for his launch, I became uncomfortable. I did not call him nor did I talk to anybody about my worries. Little did I know that he was killed.”
She said she left everything to God as the deceased was an orphan and she cannot fight to get justice for him.
The mother of one 15-year-old Kashifu Abdullahi Gyaranya, who was also killed during the protest, Maryam Sani, said: “As he was leaving home, I asked him where he was going to, but he told me that he was going outside to see his friends. I warned him not to join the protest. He said he would not. Only for me to be called and informed that he was killed. And that is all.”
Tragedy struck during the protest on Saturday in Rijiyar Lemo, where Firdausi Muhammad, a bride-to-be, was fatally shot by a stray bullet allegedly fired from a policeman’s rifle. Her wedding was scheduled to take place just a week later. In a separate incident at Kofar Nassarawa on the same day, Umar Abubakar Hausawa also lost his life to a stray police bullet.
His brother, Rabiu Abubakar, said: “When he was told that our younger brothers had joined the protesters, he was angry and told our mother that he was going to call them back. That was how he went and met his untimely death there.”
He said that the situation warranted the reinforcement of the more personnel in order to maintain law and order.
He said the law has allowed the police to defend themselves.
He said that the command had investigated the cases to ascertain what.
The 16-year-old secondary school leaver, Isma’il Muhammad, was said to have been shot dead at about 9 am yesterday by a soldier on patrol in Samaru, Zaria.
Samaru community is a host to hundreds of staff and students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
It was gathered that Muhammad was shot dead at his residence at Sarkin Pawa Street, by a soldier who was on patrol, alongside his colleagues.