JUST IN: Bullet Hits 15-Year-Old Wedding Guest

A 15-year-old girl, Veronica Kufre, has been hospitalised after she was hit by a stray bullet during a wedding ceremony in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.

She has been admitted at the intensive care unit of the Life Care Clinic, Udosen Uko Street, Uyo after three hospitals were said to have rejected her.

According to reports, the incident occurred at Nsukara community, near the University of Uyo main campus during the rush for drinks and food at the ceremony.

A wedding source in Uyo, the state capital, on Saturday, said that the security officials, who allegedly fired the bullet, were at the ceremony to maintain peace and security.

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“The two security officers had joined other guests to help themselves with food but unfortunately, the firearm was still in his hands when the sudden discharge occurred and sent the couples and other guests scampering for safety.

“But one of them was quick to re-direct the nozzle of the gun to the ground and pumped the rest of the bullets in, however, the fragments had already hit the victim, who was close to the security official,”
the source explained how the chaos started.

The source added, “At first, we thought it was the usual gunshots that security officials would fire during burial, wedding and other ceremonies to keep the place lively, but when the young girl collapsed on the ground with blood spill, we discovered the devil was at work to kill our joy.”

The Commander of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Abidemi Majekondunmi, who confirmed the incident in a text message to Punch in Uyo said, “When I received information about the incident, we immediately activated the system structures to verify what happened. Most importantly, the victim is in a very stable condition.

“Meanwhile, an in-depth investigation is on course.”