PORT
HARCOURT— THIRTEEN-year-old Jennifer Innocent is battling to save her life at
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, after being allegedly hit
in the head by stray bullet from an army rifle.
The
incident happened Wednesday at the Mile 4 neighbourhood of Obio/Akpor locality
in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following a scuffle between an unidentified
soldier and a commercial bus driver.
Confirming
the incident, Precious Innocent, younger sister to the stray bullet victim who
was with her at the time, said: “I bent down during the fight
between the soldier and the bus man. I told my sister to bend down, she
refused. Suddenly the army gun went off and she was hit on her head.”
Shattered
by the incident, Mrs. Kate Innocent, mother of the affected girl, has called on
police and army authorities to fish out the trigger happy soldier whose rife
fired the stray bullet.
She
also solicited for assistance for proper treatment to save her daughter’s life.
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