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Armed robbers shoot University Student After Demanding for his SIM card

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Armed robbers shoot University Student After Demanding for his SIM card

A Nigerian University student identified as Daniel has reportedly lost his life after armed robbers came to rob him and other students in their hostel in Awka, Anambra state.

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According to the report on Punch News, Daniel, who was a 200-level student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, was robbed of his phone. Eyewitness told Punch News that the deceased submissively gave the phone to the robbers but asked them to give him his sim card.

The eyewitness said that while the armed robber was trying to remove the sim card from the phone and give it to the student, he mistakenly pulled the trigger and the bullet hit Daniel in his abdomen. He was rushed to the hospital where he unfortunately died.
The eyewitness said, “Daniel obediently gave his phone to the armed robbers but requested his SIM card; the robbers agreed to give him his SIM card. While holding his gun and struggling to remove a phone in a tight pack to give Daniel his SIM card, the hoodlum pulled the trigger and he (Daniel) was shot in the stomach.”
The Public Relations officer of the Anambra state Police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, reportedly confirmed the death of student.

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