Suspected robbers on Thursday morning in Kaduna stabbed to death a member of the National Youth Service Corps, Grace Chalya Silas.
Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident.
He said the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday.
The police spokesman explained that the deceased was having an early morning exercise when some hoodlums ambushed her with the intention to steal her phone.
The PPRO said, “She was stabbed by some elements while she was doing her body exercise along GRA road in Barnawa this morning.
“The suspects who were on a bike, stopped and wanted to snatch her phone. While they were struggling to snatch the phone, one of the suspects used a sharp knife and stabbed her.
“When the police received the information, she was quickly rushed to Harmony Hospital, where she was later confirmed dead by the doctors”.
He noted that the Commissioner of Police, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, has directed a thorough investigation of the incident.
The police spokesman added that the Command would do everything within its powers to bring the perpetrators to book.