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Published 12 December 2020
In this interview with OLADIMEJI RAMON, a businessman, Barde Paul, recounts how soldiers in search of the corpse of a missing General demolished his property sometime in 2018
Tell us about yourself?
My name is Barde Paul. I am a graduate of the University of Jos. I am a practising builder and businessman. I am from Kamkun, Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State.
You once had a problem with the military; what was it about?
I got a call from one Major A. Uba from the 3 Armoured Division Garrison, Jos on the morning of September 26, 2018 to come and open my property or they would break it open. My property was next to a pond they claimed a missing General’s body was deposited and they had been ordered to recover it by all means. They claimed that security report suggested that the General’s body was deposited in the pond. I told them I knew nothing (about the matter) since I resided elsewhere and only come to