SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY KILLED SOMEONE WHILE PURSUING A CAR CARRYING ILLEGAL GOODS IN RIVERS STATE

A family is seeking justice after soldiers allegedly killed their daughter while pursuing a car carrying illegal goods in Rivers State

Damietta Green, 25, died after being hit by a byllet believed to have been fired by a soldier in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The soldier chased after the car and jumped on the hood.

When the car refused to stop, he began shooting randomly. According to a source, "there were many vehicles trapped in the gridlock caused by the checkpoint, and the victim was in one of those vehicles, a Lexus 330 salon car." The errant driver of the Toyota Camry escaped unharmed, but the vehicle was towed to the nearby Central Police Station.

Other passengers in the car told UPTH media that they were driving home from a sales meeting when the Lexus driver offered them a ride; "We know him (driver) in Town (a suburb of the city) and he offered us a ride home. We were at the checkpoint when the shooting started," one of the victim's friends said. Emmanuel Oluwaseun, who offered the lady the ride. confirmed the story. He said the b¥llets went through the back passenger door and lodged into the back of the victim, who sat at the back of the car with another passenger.

"In the confusion, she was shouting that she had been shet, but we couldn't do anything because the soldier was just shooting. When the chaos eased, we rushed her to the Central Police Station. "The medical personnel said the matter was beyond them. They referred us to BMH (Braithwaite Memorial Hospital) where she was given some treatment and referred to UPTH where she died." he said.