Abuja: Two More Squatters Die from Gun Injuries

Two more squatters shot at the uncompleted home of a yet-to-be named
army general died overnight of injuries. The two victims died at the
Aso General hospital, Abuja, bringing the death toll from the gruesome
armed attack of the squatters to nine.
News of the deaths of two additional squatters was revealed to a
delegation of civil rights activists who had gone to assist with the
burial of two of the victims who members of the tricycle transport
union popularly known as Keke-NAPEP. The activists were led by Shehu
Sanni.
SaharaReporters learnt that the hospital had no ambulance available to
convey the dead to the cemetery, forcing the activists to pay N15, 000
to hire an ambulance from a company.
Our correspondent reported that two lawmakers, Aminu Idris Nadabo from
Kaduna State and Aminu Idris Nadabo from Katsina, were sighted at the
hospital. It was unclear whether they had come to help with the burial
of the victims of the shooting or offer help to those who were
injured.
A source in Abuja told SaharaReporters that the sprawling uncompleted
building where soldiers slaughtered innocent squatters was linked to
the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ihejirika. SaharaReporters was
however unable to confirm the information independently.
The president of the Nigeria Youth Assembly, Comrade Mustapha, told
SaharaReporters that about 200 squatters lived in the building. He
added that many of them were still unaccounted for after the deadly
raid.
SaharaReporters was first to reveal that soldiers carried out the raid
that killed seven squatters and injured 17.
A security source in Abuja disclosed that the later involvement of the
State Security Service (SSS) was aimed at diverting attention from the
atrocity of the soldiers who were reportedly acting on the orders of
the office of the army chief. The SSS had stated that the agency
received intelligence that the squatters were part of a violent
Islamist group.