Nasarawa state when an operative of the Department of Security Service
(DSS) stormed the venue and shot the newly wedded couple.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the incident happened on Saturday,
November 7 at Kugbaru community. The couple and guests were at the
reception after the church service when the DSS official burst into
the venue and surprised the couples who were dancing at the time. The
attacker shot at guests before facing the couples and firing at them
too.
The state of the couple is uncertain but some witnesses said they
died, others said they were in a hospital recuperating.
According to an eyewitness, the suspect was apprehended as he tried to
escape after the attack.
"He was almost killed before the arrival of the policemen who rescued
him and took him to the station."
Ismaila Numan, the state police public relations officer confirmed the
incident. He said the couple and other guests who were wounded were
responding to treatment in a hospital and that the suspect was in
police custody pending investigation.
In a related development, violence reportedly erupted in Ibadan
following allegations that a secondary school principal flogged his
student to death.
-Naij
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