By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
A suspect arrested in connection to the kidnap and murder of a neighbor’s child in Kaduna was a dismissed soldiers, the Nigerian Army has clarified.
The Army in a statement, signed by Brig. Gen Mohammed Yerima, Director Army Public Relations, said its attention was drawn to a video which has gone viral on the social media alleging that a soldier, Lance Corporal Adamu Galadima, was involved in an alleged case of kidnap and murder of his neighbour’s child after collecting the sum of N5m as ransom.
“The Nigerian Army wishes to state that the information contained in the video is not true.”
Brigadier General, Mohammed Yerima, Director Army Public Relations, said Galadima was sacked almost one decade ago.
Yerima said the suspect was duly dismissed from the Nigerian Army in 2013 after a General Court Marshal (GCM) that sat in Kaduna found him guilty.
The spokesman said Galadima’s last unit was 2 Provost Group where he was involved in a case of attempted murder that led to his arrest and prosecution by the GCM.
Yerima revealed that after his dismissal, the suspect found his way to Kaduna State Environmental Services where he secured a job as a cleaner.
“He is, therefore, not a personnel of Nigerian Army as of April 2021 when he committed the alleged crime”, the statement read.
Daily Post Nigeria
Published
Armed men have abducted a female news editor with a radio station in the Adamawa State capital, Yola.
The news editor, Amra Ahmed, with state-owned Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Yola, was picked up about 1am Tuesday at her residence in Mbamba, a highbrow residential area in Yola South Local Government Area.
Sources said the armed men who turned up in their large numbers, stormed the editor’s residence and took her away, leaving her six-month-old baby behind.
The armed men reportedly visited the residence of the editor’s husband but seized her when they could not find the husband.
Two Soldiers, Residents Killed As Troops Repelled Boko Haram Attacks In Borno Towns – Nigerian Army
The terrorists in their numbers attempted to disrupt the peace that has been enjoyed by the border town but were met with stiff resistance as the troops in the area took them on a fierce firefight.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 03, 2021
The Nigerian Army has said troops of the newly renamed Operation Hadin Kai successfully thwarted an attempt by Boko Haram terrorists to infiltrate Rann town, the capital of Kala Balge Local Government Area in Borno State on Saturday.
A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, said the terrorists met stiff resistance from the troops.
Army renames Operation Lafiya Dole in North-East
Published 30 April 2021
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, has approved the renaming of the ongoing counterinsurgency operation in the North-East from Operation Lafiya Dole to Operation Hadin Kai, the Nigerian Army has said.
This was contained in statement on Friday signed by Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima.
The statement was titled, ‘Nigerian Army Renames Operation In The North East, Seeks Inclusiveness’.
It read, “The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has approved the renaming of the ongoing Counterinsurgency Operation in the North East from Operation Lafiya Dole to Operation Hadin Kai.