NURTW Member Hit by A Stray Bullet In Garki

By Umar Akilu Majeri Dutse

On Wednesday, 14th day of September, 2022 at around 1015hrs, one Abdurrahman Mohd ‘M’ aged 37 of Kwanar Garki Quarters was allegedly hit by a stray bullet by team of Nigeria Custom Service on Boarder Drill that pursued a suspected smugglers in Garki LGA. 

According to Abdurrahman, he was dusting off his car outside Garki Motor park when he saw a fast approaching vehicle of Nigeria Custom Service with No.16 boldly written on it, they suddenly stopped and a personnel of the said Agency aimed at him, but an officer of the Nigerian Army told him not to shoot, within a blink of an eye, the alleged trigger happy officer fired.

He said he only found himself in a hospital.

Luckily, the bullet only brushed his stomach leaving behind wound that was treated at the Garki General Hospital.

On sighting the ugly incident, the officers fled. A signal was sent by the Garki NSCDC Divisional Officer to his counterpart in Gumel to mount a road block at Gumel road to apprehend their vehicle after finding out that they pursued the suspected smugglers from Maigatari-Niger road but along the line they eloped.

Abdurrahman Mohd is a member of Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Garki Branch.

The story confirmed by the spokes man of the civil defense Adamu Shehu, shortly after the incidents