by ‘Jola Sotubo
Two more casualties have been recorded following the recent shooting of squatters taking shelter at the uncompleted home of a yet-to-be named army general.
The two victims succumbed to their injuries overnight and passed on at the Aso General hospital, Abuja, thereby raising the death toll from the attack on the squatters to nine.
According to reports, news of the deaths of the 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 were members of the tricycle transport union popularly known as Keke-NAPEP.
The activists were led by Shehu Sanni.
The hospital reportedly 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.
Two lawmakers from Kaduna and Katsina States 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.
The president of the Nigeria Youth Assembly, Comrade Mustapha, said that about 200 squatters lived in the building. He added that many of them were still unaccounted for after the deadly raid.
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.
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