{"id":127156,"date":"2024-08-07T12:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:22:09","slug":"endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria","title":{"rendered":"EndBadGovernance: 16-year-old-boy allegedly killed by soldier in Zaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A 16-year-old #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protester in the Samaru community in Zaria, Kaduna State, was on Tuesday shot dead by a soldier with the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the development in a statement on Tuesday titled \u201cUnfortunate death of a protester by a soldier in Zaria,\u201d the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyeama Nwachukwu, said that the teenage protester was identified as Ismail Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nwachukwu, the incident happened on Tuesday when troops of the Nigerian Army received a distress call to help disperse some hoodlums, who had gathered in Samaru, burning tyres and attacking security personnel.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the mob attempted to attack the troops, which led a soldier to fire a warning shot to scare the hoodlums away, which led to Mohammed\u2019s death, saying that the soldier involved has since been arrested and is undergoing interrogation.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Army Public Relations said, \u201cOn August 6, 2024, troops of the Nigerian Army received a distress call that some hoodlums gathered in Samaru in large numbers, burning tyres on the road and pelting stones at security personnel. The troops immediately mobilised and arrived at the scene to disperse the mob and enforce the curfew imposed by the state gtroops,ment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further explained that on arrival at the scene, the hoodlums brazenly attempted attacking the troops prompting a soldier to fire a warning shot to scare the hoodlums away, which unfortunately led to the death of a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>Saddened by the unfortunate incident, according to the statement, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has sent a high-powered delegation led by the General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Maj Gen Lander Saraso, to visit and condole with the family of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the deceased was buried according to Islamic rites with senior military officers of the Nigerian Army in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A 16-year-old #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protester in the Samaru community in Zaria, Kaduna State, was on Tuesday shot dead by a soldier with the Nigerian Army. Confirming the development in a statement on Tuesday titled \u201cUnfortunate death of a protester by a soldier in Zaria,\u201d the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyeama [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":127155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,3694],"class_list":["post-127156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-zaria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EndBadGovernance: 16-year-old-boy allegedly killed by soldier in Zaria - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 16-year-old #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protester in the Samaru community in Zaria, Kaduna State, was on Tuesday shot d ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EndBadGovernance: 16-year-old-boy allegedly killed by soldier in Zaria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 16-year-old #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protester in the Samaru community in Zaria, Kaduna State, was on Tuesday shot d ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-07T11:17:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-07T12:22:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723017108.253813.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"481\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"EndBadGovernance: 16-year-old-boy allegedly killed by soldier in Zaria\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-07T11:17:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-07T12:22:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723017108.253813.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"zaria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/endbadgovernance-16-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-soldier-in-zaria\",\"name\":\"EndBadGovernance: 16-year-old-boy allegedly killed by soldier in Zaria - 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