A 200-level student of the Department of Philosophy at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, was shot dead while trying to retrieve his phone from armed robbers in his pavilion in Nigeria.
“The victim obediently gave his phone to the armed robbers but requested his SIM card as the robbers agreed to give him his SIM card,” according to an eyewitness.
One of the assailants, holding an already corked gun while struggling to remove the phone from a tight pack to give the SIM card to him, mistakenly pulled the trigger.
In the process, the victim was shot in his stomach.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he gave up the ghost due to the excess loss of blood.
Confirming the incident, the Anambra State police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the police had intensified patrol and surveillance around the area.