A graduate of University of Jos (UNIJOS) serving in Kaduna State, Grace Chalya Silas, has been stabbed to death.
Silas, undergoing her one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in the North-West state, was stabbed to death during her early morning jogging at Barnawa, Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the brutal murder.
The Command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, said that the Police Commissioner, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, already directed a manhunt for the killers.
Hassan described the death as ‘tragic’.
The police spokesman 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”.
