Police authorities in Kaduna State, have confirmed the killing of a member of the National Youth Service Corps member, Ms Grace Chalya Silas, by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums in the state.
ASP Mansir Hassan, the spokesman of the command told PUNCH in an exclusive chat that the state Police Commissioner, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, has ordered a manhunt for the killers of the Corps member.
This medium gathered that the University of Jos graduate was killed and robbed while jogging on Wednesday morning, October 18, in Kaduna South local government area of the state.
However, Hassan described the death of the Corps member as “tragic”.
Hassan said the Commissioner of Police, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, after an emergency meeting of the top hierarchy of the command, had ordered the Barnawa Divisional Police Officer and operatives to hunt for the killers of the Corps member.
He said, “It’s a very tragic incident. She was performing her early morning jogging(exercise) when some miscreants(phone snatchers) on motorcycles pounced on her.
“The victim’s name is Grace Chalya Silas. She was a Corps member serving in Kaduna South.
“When the case was reported to the police, operatives responded swiftly and moved to the scene of the crime where they saw the victim in the pool of her own blood. She was rushed to the clinic, where she was later confirmed dead.
“Since the incident was reported to the police, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, held an emergency meeting with the top hierarchy of command over the matter. We are already in touch with NYSC in the state.
“The CP has directed the Barnawa DPO and Area Commander, to immediately hunt for killers of the Corps member and fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act.”