Wickedness! Nigerian soldier shoots eye of civil servant in Uyo for blocking his way (photo)

On Wednesday, May 10, popular Nigerian record label boss Ubi Franklin took to his social media handle to reveal how a Chinese man almost killed him at a furniture store in Lagos.

In another news hours later, a Nigerian soldier attached to some Chinese expatriates was reported to have shot at a civil servant for blocking their way.

Reports gathered that doctors at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Akwa Ibom state, are battling to save the life of a man who was shot in the face by a soldier in Uyo.


Godwin Udoka


The security operative guarding expatriates working with the engineering firm handling the Onna-Etinan dual Carriage way in Akwa Ibom state, shot the judiciary staff identified a Godwin Udoka, over right of way. Udoka was driving the judiciary bus when he ran into a Hilux van belonging to Wizchino Engineering (WE) Limited with registration number, ABC 222 AY.

It was reported that this led to serious argument which made the army officer to come down and order the judiciary staff to give way, and upon ‎his refusal the soldier shot at him. However, an eye witness who identified himself as Effiong Akpan said the shooting shattered the front windscreen of the bus and the passenger door.

Akpan said: "The soldier and the judiciary staff argued over right of way and in the process the army officer came down when the judiciary driver could not yield to his order, cocked his gun and shot at him. The sound of the gunshot caused pandemonium and passersby scampered for cover in nearby buildings and sheds. It happened within seconds. Before we could figure out what was going on, the soldier fled the scene with the truck. The soldier wasn’t the one who drove the truck; it was driven by another person.”

Also, the victim’s wife, Imaobong said that her husband was contesting for the right of way with the Wizchino pick-up truck along Udo Umana Street, before the soldier and the driver of the truck trailed him from there to Asutan street where he was shot.