09/04/2018

(Photo ) Custom officer’s stray bullet injures primary six pupil in Katsina

Customs Officiers stray bullet injures primary six pupil in Katsina Lailasnews

A primary six pupil identified as Bello Salisu, of Morawa Primary School in Morawa village, Batagarawa Local Government Area of Katsina State was hit by a stray bullet allegedly fired by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service on Friday.

The incident was said to have happened along Katsina–Kano road when the customs operatives shooting sporadically were allegedly chasing smugglers conveying rice and second-hand clothes in a J5 bus.



Salisu was hit by the stray bullets and sustained injuries on his hand, around his shoulder and neck.
Salisu, who spoke to journalists from his hospital bed in the accident and emergency area of the General Hospital, Katsina said they were on break when they heard gunshots and ran to see what happened when he was hit by the bullets from the Customs officers.
Principal Personnel Officer of the Batagarawa Local Government Education Authority, Aminu Bello, expressed dismay over the incident which he said calls for urgent intervention by the government to avert the recurrence.
An eyewitness, Abubakar Yusuf said the custom operatives were chasing smugglers when the incident happened.
“The custom officers were chasing a J5 Bus which was carrying smuggled rice and second new clothes and in the process they shot at the smugglers which hit the student. And so we had to rush the boy down to the hospital as they drove away,”
Yusuf said while also displaying the empty cover of the bullet allegedly shot by the customs officers.
Another class teacher, Shawanatu Musa said the incident happened when the pupils were on break and suddenly they heard the sound of gunshots and later were told that a pupil from the school was hit by the gunshot.
“We were seated when we heard loud sound of gunshots. We were preventing our pupils from going to the roadside when someone came to inform us that one of our students was shot.”

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