Tag: SOLDIER

Abia: Soldier shoots self to death in front of army barracks gate

Aminu Imam
Abia suicide soldier

A senior non-commissioned officer serving at the 14 Brigade Headquarters, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s Barrack in Ohafia, Abia State, has tragically taken his own life. The soldier, identified as Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Vitalis, from Okpuala in Ngor-Okpuala, Imo State, was attached to the 144 Battalion’s Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Ngwa High School in Abayi, Osisioma local government area. CSM Vitalis shot himself in front of the FOB gate, leaving his colleagues and military authorities in shock. The reasons behind his decision to commit suicide are currently unknown, as no…

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Soldiers kill DSS operative during argument in Ekiti

Aminu Imam

Soldiers, on Friday evening, killed a Department of State Services, (DSS), operative in a hotel in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. An eyewitness told journalists yesterday that the incident occurred when a gang of three soldiers stormed the hotel, located along NTA Road, in Ado-Ekiti Ekiti, on Friday evening and an argument ensued between them and the DSS operative. He added that during the argument, one of the soldiers stabbed the deceased in the neck. “The DSS operative bled profusely and died before help could reach him,” the eyewitness stated. The soldiers…

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Soldiers arrest kidnapper, rescue victim in Jos

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau has arrested one Adamu Umar for allegedly kidnapping one Zuwaira Mohammed of Guratop community, near Rayfield in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, disclosed this while presenting the suspect to newsmen  on Friday in Jos. According to Okonkwo, the suspect lured the victim at about 7 a.m. on Friday and later held her captive. He said the suspect called the husband of the victim and demanded  a ransom…

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