During a scuffle at a petrol station in Minna, Niger State’s capital, a soldier killed a fuel station attendant on Monday.
According to an eyewitness who spoke in Hausa and only gave his name as Abdulkareem, the soldier got into a fight with the fuel station manager, which resulted in both parties slapping each other.
“The soldier and the manager were having a misunderstanding. Though I don’t know who slapped first but they both slapped each other and people started trying to intervene,” Abdulkareem said.
He also claimed that during the scuffle, one of the station attendants, who was said to be the manager’s brother, pulled out a cutlass and stabbed the soldier, who then shot him.
“As people were trying to settle the misunderstanding, one of the attendants, who is the manager’s younger brother, came to support his brother in the fight by bringing out a cutlass and stabbing the soldier,” an eyewitness said.
He went on to say that the soldier then pulled out his gun and shot the boy, who was then rushed to the hospital.
According to another eyewitness, the boy did not stab the soldier but rather threatened him with his cutlass before the soldier pulled out his gun and shot the boy.
He went on to say that the boy did not make it to the hospital because he died before they arrived.
He added that the boy did not make it to the hospital as he died before they got to the general hospital.
At the time of filing this report, calls made to the state police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Wasiu, were neither picked nor returned.
