Singer, Hadiza Bell, popularly known as Di’Ja, has shared her reaction to the death of a student of the University of Jos who was on Tuesday, ‘mistakenly’ killed by the police/military joint Special Task Force (STF) in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
The ‘Ayo’ singer shared her outrage over the unfortunate incident in a post she shared across social media on Friday.
“Mistake? His death represents the countless ‘mistakes’ we continue to make. His death represents the faceless victims of police/army brutality that we never mention due to fear put in us…,” she wrote.
The police/military joint Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau State has confirmed the killing of the young man identified as Rinji Bala.
A statement signed by its Media Officer, Major Ibrahim Shittu, reads, “At about 10 p.m. on May 12, 2020, information was received on the activities of suspected armed robbers and cultists operating around No 18th Street, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The criminals took advantage of the lockdown and curfew to perpetrate crimes.
“Consequently, Sector 1 patrol troops of OPSH (task force) swiftly responded and arrested seven suspects who were immediately moved to the headquarters of Sector 1 for preliminary investigation. Thereafter, five out of the seven suspects were cleared and asked to leave the premises.
“Unfortunately, as they were leaving the premises, one of the personnel on sentry duty mistook them for escaping suspects, thus opened fire on them, which led to the death of Rinji Bala.”
