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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.
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.”
Nigerian Army disowns kidnap suspect arrested in Kaduna
The police in Kaduna State had arrested four suspects including Mr Galadima for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a six-year-old in Kaduna.
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Nigerian Army has disowned a kidnapper, Adamu Galadima, who was arrested by the police in Kaduna.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Mohammed Yerima, the army said Mr Galadima was its employee but was disengaged several years ago.
The police in Kaduna State had arrested four suspects including Mr Galadima for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a six-year-old in Kaduna.
According to the police, the boy was abducted by his family’s neighbour in Badarawa area of Kaduna North LGA and was taken to Kano State.
Brigadier General, Mohammed Yerima, Director Army Public Relations, said Galadima was sacked almost one decade ago.
Yerima said the suspect was duly dismissed from the Nigerian Army in 2013 after a General Court Marshal (GCM) that sat in Kaduna found him guilty.
The spokesman said Galadima’s last unit was 2 Provost Group where he was involved in a case of attempted murder that led to his arrest and prosecution by the GCM.
Yerima revealed that after his dismissal, the suspect found his way to Kaduna State Environmental Services where he secured a job as a cleaner.
“He is, therefore, not a personnel of Nigerian Army as of April 2021 when he committed the alleged crime”, the statement read.
UPDATE: Dismissed Soldier Was Kaduna Employee When He Killed 5-year-old After N5million Ransom Nigerian Army
Galadima was dismissed for attempted murder and not for armed robbery as being reported, adding that he worked with the KSES before he committed the alleged kidnapping and murder.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 04, 2021
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that Lance Corporal Adamu Galadima was dismissed from the military in 2013 after which he became an employee of the Kaduna State Environmental Services (KSES) before committing a crime - kidnapping.
The army stated that Galadima was dismissed for attempted murder and not for armed robbery as being reported, adding that he worked with the KSES before he committed the alleged kidnapping and murder of a five-year-old boy who was the son of his neighbour.