Police allegedly shoot engine oil seller during protest in Niger

Engine lipid seller successful Minna, Niger State superior has been earnestly injured aft helium was changeable during a constabulary cognition to disperse protesters.

The man, identified arsenic Ibrahim Mohammed Dada, was reportedly lasting extracurricular his stall astatine Tunga Market erstwhile helium was struck by a bullet.

His brother, Yakubu Dada Mohammed, explained that Ibrahim was not portion of the protesters but was engaged selling his motor lipid to beryllium capable to instrumentality attraction of his contiguous household erstwhile the incidental occurred.

He further explained, “he (Ibrahim) was not among those protesting. He was lasting successful beforehand of his store selling motor lipid erstwhile 1 of the constabulary officers fired a slug that struck his caput and severely injured his face.”

He stated that Ibrahim is being treated astatine Minna General Hospital, wherever helium was reported to beryllium successful a captious condition.

The shooting happened arsenic information unit were dispersing protesters demonstrating implicit the deaths of 37 miners successful the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Reports accidental 65 miners were arrested connected 15 and 16 September, with 37 aboriginal reported...