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A police corporal, attached to Yankaba
Division, Kano, yesterday, shot and killed a
taxi driver who was transporting a sick
female passenger to the hospital.
The passenger, unfortunately also died in the
incident.According to an eyewitness, Isa
Tanko, the killings occurred around 9.30am
between Hadejia Road roundabout and Haye
quarters of Nassarawa local government area.
He said: “The cab driver was flagged down at
a security check point by officers of the
Nigerian Police and, within two minutes, I
heard gunshots that sent shivers down the
spines of onlookers “, Tanko said.
“We rushed to the scene and found the driver
in a pool of his blood; so also was a woman
gasping for breathe inside the cab who gave
up the ghost before help could come her
way.”
The eyewitness disclosed that the incident
caused chaos as a crowd gathered to mob the
suspected officer who eventually escaped in a
police waiting van.
However, efforts to confirm the incident from
Kano State Police Image Maker, ASP Magaji
Musa Majia, proved abortive.
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