A near-chaotic situation is currently brewing along Abuja Airport Road in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, between the Nigeria soldiers and Abuja Indigenes over the death of one Hamza Usman, a native of Abuja from Tungan Maji.
According to an eye witness account, Usman was allegedly shot dead yesterday by a trigger-happy soldier over a large parcel of land which allegedly belongs to the natives but is forcefully being claimed by the Nigeria Army.

The situation has irked the Abuja natives who have taken to the streets to protest the killing of one of their own by Nigeria soldier over their ancestral land.

Giri road, linking Gwagwalada and Airport road has been currently barricaded by the angry natives, thereby disrupting vehicular movement into the city center from Gwagwalada.

An eyewitness account revealed that the man was shot when he and other indigenes mounted a peaceful protest over a large portion of land allegedly cornered illegally by Nigeria Army. Midway into the protest, the soldiers were said to have violently confronted the protesters. One of the soldiers was alleged to have shot Hamza Usman at a close range, leading to his instant death.

“They manhandled us, treated us like animals and eventually killed our brother. We were not armed. We were carrying out a peaceful protest of our ancestral land which Nigeria army fraudulently claimed to have acquired. We have taken the case to the Minister of FCT, who confirmed that from records available, the land does not belong to Nigeria army.

“Intimidation, harassment, and incessant killings of innocent people have become what Nigeria Army is known for. Let them be ready to kill all of us because we will never chicken out and cede our ancestral land to them”

Meanwhile, it was gathered that all the Abuja indigenes have embarked on demonstration along airport road to demand for justice for their kinsman who was brutally murdered by Nigeria army.

The indigenes who threatened to match to the Army headquarters, the National Assembly and the Presidential Villa vowed to do whatever necessary to ensure that they get justice for their dead kinsman.

Meanwhile, all the efforts to reach the Minister of FCT Mallam Musa Mohammed and the spokesperson of the Nigeria Army were unsuccessful as at the time of filing this report

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