Mother of two shot dead along Abuja - Kaduna high way.

An officer of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kaduna shot dead a woman along Abuja – Kaduna express way Wednesday.

 According to Umar Mohammed Ringim of the BBC Hausa service, “The woman who was a mother of two was shot on her forehead where she died instantly. Two other passengers on the vehicle also sustained serious bullet wounds.

"The deceased was in a Golf car whose driver refused to stop following the order of the security operatives on the highway."

The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Adamu Ibrahim Ruwandorowa who confirmed the incident said, “The SSS personnel who was said to be responsible for this incident is in our custody while the corpse has been deposited in a hospital morgue in Kaduna."

Addressing media men on the incident, Adamu said, "I got a call that Abuja – Kaduna express way was blocked around the Kaduna toll gate. So I sent our men there. Not long after, The state Director of SSS told me what happened following accidental discharge by his boys.

I then went to the scene of the incident immediately. There we discovered that other travelers along the road used their vehicles to block the highway immediately which disrupted movements. But we got the cooperation of the public and we were able to clear the road. Normalcy has since returned in the area”

The Abuja highway has become a dead carnal in recent times. According to Jessica who has been monitoring happenings in the area, "This Abuja kaduna road is becoming something else...
If they are not kidnapping people they are shooting them dead or robbing them."

Residents of the towns and villages along the area have expressed deep perplexities over the ugly happenings along that road as series of people have been kidnapped and huge some of amounts been demanded as ransom before they are released.