Police Shot Taxi Driver, Sick Passenger Died

At the Yankaba Division, Kano, police shot dead a taxi driver conveying a sick female passenger, who also died in the incident, to hospital.

An eyewitness, Isa Tanko, said that the killings occurred around 9.30am on the 25/07/2015 between Hadejia Road roundabout and Haye quarters of Nassarawa local government area.

“The cab driver was flagged down at a security check point by officers of the Nigeria 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 breath inside the cab who gave up the ghost before help could come her way.”

The eyewitness disclosed that the incident triggered pandemonium as a crowd gathered to mob the suspected officer who escaped in a police waiting van.

Efforts to confirm the incident from Kano State Police Image Maker, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, proved abortive as he failed to respond to calls.