The Nigerian Army says a video that has gone viral on 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 is not true.
Galadima, a dismissed military personnel alongside three other accomplices at the Kaduna Police headquarters on Monday, May 3, explained how he and another suspect suffocated the boy after collecting a ransom of N1m from his parents.
The suspect said he held the boy’s legs while Umar Mainasara, a water vendor covered his nose to suffocation.
Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima made this revelation in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Yerima categorically said the information contained in the video is not true.
He added that Lance Corporal Adamu Galadima was duly dismissed from the Nigerian Army in 2013 after a General Court Marshal that was held in Kaduna had found him guilty.
According to Yerima, Adamu was a 2 Provost Group where he was involved in a case of attempted murder leading to his arrest and prosecution before the General Court Marshal in Kaduna.
He also said, after his dismissal, Adamu found his way to Kaduna State Environmental Services where he secured a job as a cleaner.
"He is, therefore, not personnel of the Nigerian Army as of April 2021 when he committed the alleged crime, Yerima declared.
The Nigerian Army remains a disciplined organization that will not condone any unprofessional conduct on the part of its officers and soldiers.
Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, therefore, urged to ignore the misleading story currently being shared on social media.
He said the boy was then taken to Zaria and later Kano where they kept him in the custody of the fourth suspect, Amina who happened to be his girlfriend.
He said Nazifi was not happy that they collected only a million naira from the victim’s father because he believed Mohammed’s father could afford more than that.
"Nazifi later called to tell me that there was a problem and that we should make sure the boy does not return home because he may have recognised him as the person who sent him on an errand. So, I went back to Kano, took Mohammed to a drain system where we killed him,” he said.
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| Late Kabir being Buried |
According to him, Amina knew nothing about the kidnapping because he had lied to her that the boy was his late brother’s son whose mother couldn’t keep him.
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| Late Kabir |
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| Adamu Galadima |
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