A wild uproar has been recorded in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state.
The pandemonium was said to have been as a result of someĀ soldiers on patrol who shot into the air few metres from the FederalĀ College of Education, FCE, in Yola.
The shot was said to have scared away many students of the institution and other passers-by, making everyone to run for safety. Witnesses from the event made it known that the soldiers who shot into the air were part of the troops drafted to fightĀ insurgents in the Northern parts of Adamawa state that have beenĀ rocked by insurgency for nearly two months.
One of the victims who is an injured pedestrian, Garba Musa, told newsmen saying:Ā āWe had to run for our lives, fearing that Boko Haram are again on theĀ loose.Ā He added that several people, particularly female students whoĀ were about to enter the college, got injured while scampering forĀ their lives.
Also, another victim, Sani Daji, said that he was about to board a bus when he heardĀ sporadic gunshots. He further said that the gun shots got many frightened which made them to be injured while trying to scramble for a safe place.
āSee how our vehicles are now damaged, and no one among the soldiersĀ could deem it fit to say sorry, they just zoomed-off. Only in NigeriaĀ will you see security operatives firing shots unprovoked. āThey are just trigger happy,āĀ said Lawal Garba, whose HondaĀ Accord vehicle was damaged.
However, the Public Relation Officer of FCE, Yola, BashirĀ Abdullahi, confirmed the event saying that soldiers went on a shooting spree, adding that it happened close to the college.
Although efforts to talk to Mr Jafaru Nuhu who is the Army spokesperson proved abortive, the college spokesperson also confirmed the event saying:Ā āYes, we heard that during their show of force, there were shots intoĀ air by soldiers but I cannot confirm whether there was loss of livesā.It would be recalled that just recently,Ā as the Federal Government continues to wage war against terrorism in Nigeria, the Catholic church in Nigeria has announced that no fewer than 25 towns are under the outlawed Islamist group Boko Haram Ā in northern Nigeria.
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