Family seeks justice as soldiers reportedly k#ll their daughter while chasing a car carrying illic#t product in Rivers State
A 25 year old lady, Damietta Green has passed on after she was hit by a bullet suspected to have been fired by a soldier in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
It was gathered that the unfortunate incident happened on Tuesday, September 6 along Harbour Road area of Port Harcourt. The Nation reports that soldiers who are posted on guard duty at the Nigeria Correctional Centre facility, usually mount roadblocks around the area to extœrt money from transporters of illegal refined petroleum product (kpofire).
Various sources told The Nation that the madness was triggered when a Toyota Camry car suspected to be conveying the illicit product refused to stop
The soldier pursued the car and jumped on the bonnet. When the car refused to stop, he started shooting.
indiscriminately.“There were many vehicles trapped in the gridlock caused by the checkpoint & the victim was in one of those vehicles
