A 9-year-old, Zainab Bala Umar, has been killed by a bullet from military personnel on Saturday during the ongoing local government elections at Gwanki Ward, in Makarfi local government area of Kaduna State.
A securiry source at the scene told 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE that the bullet was discharged from a soldier while trying to disperse the crowd.
He said the soldier was invited by a former chairman of the local government who is also the APC candidate in the election.
The source said the APC candidate, Kabir Maiyere, had gone to one of the polling units under Fadamar Gwanki and while having a conversation with an electoral officer over some challenges of the e-voting machine, some youths had to start to shout, ‘ba ma so, ba ma so” meaning “we don’t want.”
He said Maiyere invited soldiers who shot in the air and in the process, the girl was hit and died.
Spokesperson of Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige said military personnel were not allowed to be at the polling units, adding that the police would arrest the suspects, investigate the matter and brief the press.
