Pregnant woman killed by stray bullet as soldiers chase ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Delta

There’s palpable tension in Abraka Community, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State, as soldiers chasing suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as “yahoo boys,” on Saturday evening shot a pregnant woman dead.

Indigenes, residents, and students went into a wild protest against the soldiers immediately the incident occurred.

The soldiers (Operation Delta Sweep) were said to have flagged the yahoo boys down, but they refused and zoomed off.


Promptly, the soldiers began chasing and shooting sporadically until a stray bullet hit the pregnant woman who was on her own.

The woman was said to have died on the spot even before she was rushed to the hospital for rescue.

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