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Despite collecting a ransom of N1 million, the abductors of the boy went ahead to kill him.
TheCable had reported how Kaduna
Reacting in a statement, Mohammed Yerima, army’s spokesperson, said Galadima was dismissed in 2013 after a court-martial found him guilty of an offence.
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“The attention of the Nigerian Army has been 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 kidnapp and murder of his neighbour’s child after collecting the sum of N5m as ransom,” the statement read.
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The Nigerian Army says that Lance Cpl. Adamu Galadima, who was arrested in connection with kidnap and murder of his neighbour’s child in Kaduna was dismissed in 2013. x
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Yerima said the suspect, who was alleged to have murdered his victim after collecting N5 million ransom currently work with the Kaduna State Environmental Services and not the Nigerian Army as being circulated.
He said that Lance Cpl. Galadima was duly dismissed from the Nigerian Army in 2013 after a General Court Marshal that held in Kaduna found him guilty.
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.”
Alleged Kaduna kidnapper, murderer dismissed from army in 2013 ― Spokesperson
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The Nigerian Army says that Lance Cpl. Adamu Galadima, who was arrested in connection with kidnap and murder of his neighbour’s child in Kaduna was dismissed in 2013.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Yerima said the suspect, who was alleged to have murdered his victim after collecting N5 million ransom currently works with the Kaduna State Environmental Services and not the Nigerian Army as being circulated.
He said that Lance Cpl. Galadima was duly dismissed from the Nigerian Army in 2013 after a General Court Marshal that held in Kaduna found him guilty.