Journalists escape death as stray bullet hits NUJ chapel

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October 20, 2016 at 7:34 pm
Sudden death of some Journalists in Kaduna was averted on Wednesday night as a strange bullet from nowhere narrowly missed hitting them as they sat in group, relaxing at the Secretariat of the Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) after the day’s work.

The bullet landed on the floor, close to where the Journalists were sitting at about 7PM with a shattering sound, akin to that of a fallen broken bottle.

Upon close examination, the State correspondent of Hausa Leadership, Abdullahi Tumburkai, who was standing very close to the point where the bullet landed, discovered that the object was hot at the time it hit the ground.

“This is a live bullet, this is a live bullet”, Tumburkai shouted, panicking.

The Journalists had to hurry up, cutting short their relaxation, and abandoned their food and drinks half way to vacate the Secretariat along Muhammadu Buhari Way.

They could not actually ascertain the direction the bullet was coming from after much conjectures among them, but they noted that the Secretariat is in the neighbourhood of Military residence and formations.

Journalists who witnessed the heart beating incident include; Sam Adzege of Verbatim Magazine, Olu Ajayi of Vangaurd newspaper, Noah Ebije of The Sun newspaper, Nura Ringim of BBC, Hausa Service, Alexander Muse ofNational Mirror, Godwin Isenyo of Punch, Alhaji Tajudeen Tijjani, a veteran Journalist, Sam Otitolaye of GH Weekly, Tajudeen Suleiman ofTELL Magazine, amongst other non Journalists.

Reacting to the incident, Chairman, Correspondent Chapel, Mr. Joseph Midat, said he was shocked when he heard of the incident.

Midat called on the State Government and other security agencies to ensure that security is beefed up in the State for the safety of Journalists and all persons in the State.

He said, “I want to believe that the bullet that came from unknown place may have been mishandled by an overzealous security officer and we want to believe that it was not targeted at our members, but it is an indication that security in the State need to be tightened for the security of the entire people of the State, including Journalists:”.

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