By Sabiu Abdullahi
Muti, spokesperson for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), narrowly escaped death after being stabbed twice in the stomach by armed robbers in Minna, Niger State.
The incident occurred on Friday evening around 8 p.m. near the Federal Housing Estate Gbeganu in Chanchaga Local Government Area.
Muti recounted the ordeal when stated that about nine men attacked him while he rode in a tricycle.
The robbers emerged from a nearby bush after the tricycle operator stopped to pick up two passengers.
They stabbed him with a knife and stole his phone and other valuables.
Fortunately, the robbers fled after noticing Muti’s uniform trousers, mistaking him for a soldier.
He received treatment and was discharged from the hospital on Friday.
This incident shiwy the growing concern about crime and insecurity in Nigeria.