Crime
Four dismissed soldier arrested for killing an NDLEA operative
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the arrest and detention of four dismissed soldiers over the alleged killing of an operative of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency in Minna, the state capital.
This was disclosed by the command’s public relation officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement on Friday, May 24, 2024.
According to the statement, “On 09/03/2024 at about 1820hrs, a team of NDLEA officers were on stop and search at Ramat Junction, Bida while two suspected soldiers who were not on uniform, on a motorcycle got to the point and they were intercepted by the NDLEA team.
The team requested for identification, but the suspected soldiers could not establish a proper means of identification, and their bag was searched but nothing incriminating was found.
In the course of this, there was an argument and altercation, and after the search, the suspected soldiers left the scene and returned with an additional men reinforced to the scene for an alleged attack.
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