Soldier shots Abuja motorcyclist, kills passenger

A trigger-happy soldier identified as Abubakar Idris attached to the Presidential Guard Brigade, early Monday, shot at a motorcyclist in Asokoro area of Abuja killing a passenger on the spot.

The soldiers were stationed close to a bridge along Aguiyi Ironsi Way, Asokoro and the incident happened at about 1 am on Monday.

A source said, the passenger was rushed to Asokoro District Hospital Abuja for autopsy.

The source said, “It was a sad incident. The Army Brigade officers were on duty last night (Sunday/Monday) when Idris sighted some motorcyclists approaching them close to the bridge.

“Officer Idris was trying to stop one of the bike men, who was carrying a passenger, but in the process he opened fire on them, killing the passenger immediately, while the bike man and other motorcyclists fled.”

It was gathered that Police men took the corpse to the hospital as soldier abandoned their duty post immediately the passenger was shot.

He said, “Not long after it happened, the soldiers left the scene and abandoned the corpse. But police officers later got to the scene around 3 am. The corpse was taken to the Asokoro District Hospital for an autopsy.”

The spokesperson for the brigade, Abakpa Godfrey, said he was not aware of the incident.

Abakpa said, “I can’t comment on that for now. I was actually on a pass and I just got back to Abuja, so I am not aware of it.”