Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- It was a sad day for many residents of Damaturu, Yobe State capital, after a military truck driving at a high speed crushed a taxi tricycle killing two passengers on Sunday.

One of the victims was Hussaina Baffa-Bello, 19-year-old female student of Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu.

Witnesses said the armored gun truck driver did not obey the red traffic light when the Keke-Napep rider was crossing the highway.

"The army truck did not stop at the traffic light-controlled junction while the Keke-Napep rider who had a right of way was crossing, and that was how the truck ran over them," said a witness who identified himself as Muhammed.

Multiple residents told PREMIUM TIMES in Damaturu that since the installation of the ...