By Abdullahi Mukhtar Algasgaini
A senior naval officer, Lieutenant Commodore M. Buba, was fatally stabbed by a robber in Kaduna while resisting a phone-snatching attempt near Kawo Bridge.
Eyewitnesses reported that the officer, undergoing training at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, had stopped to fix a flat tire when the assailant attacked him. After refusing to hand over his phone, the robber stabbed him in the chest.
A vigilante, Suleiman Dahiru, who intervened, was also injured. The attacker was later lynched by an angry mob.
The officer was pronounced dead at Manaal Hospital, and his body has been moved to the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital mortuary. Security forces have intensified covert operations in the area to curb crime.
Kaduna Police PRO, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident and assured increased security measures.