Eleven expended rounds of AK-47 ammunition were found at the location.
The commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the bandits also killed one Musa Bala on the outskirts of Garu village in Igabi, after rustling an unspecified number of cattle belonging to Salmanu Beti, his brother.
He said security operatives gave pursuit and exchanged gunfire with the bandits as others escaped with gunshot wounds.
He also said two suspects, Ibrahim Bala and Salisu Yusuf, were arrested by the Police in Buruku, Chikun LGA, for providing medical services to bandits.
In another development Daily Trust also gathered that four people among them a pregnant woman and three children were also abducted by bandits at Gonar Lema along Kaduna- Birnin Gwari highway on Sunday.
7 Div Court Martial Sentences 1 Soldier to Dead, 5 Others to Jail, 1 Soldier Demoted
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Maiduguri, Jan. 12, 2021 The 7 Division General Court Martial sitting in Maiduguri has sentence a trooper, Pte. Azunna Mmadu-Abuchi to death by firing squad for killing an officer, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi.
Delivering judgement on Tuesday, the President of the Court, Brig. -Gen. Arikpo Ekubi, said the prosecutor has proved his case beyond reasonable doubt that the accused intentionally shot and killed Ngorgi, who was the Adjutant of 212 Battalion, Bama.
“You intentionally opened fire and empty your magazine of nine rounds of ammunition on the deceased officer, Lt. B.S Ngorgi, who was the Adjutant of 212 Battalion, Bama, which led to his instant death.
The court-martial sitting in Nigeria has sentenced a soldier, Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi.
Trooper Maduabuchi was arraigned for murder after shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in July 2020 at close range in Bama Local Government of Borno State for refusing to grant him a welfare pass.
He was on Tuesday sentenced to death by firing squad after he was found guilty at the court session held at the Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri.
Some other four soldiers were arraigned for manslaughter and sentenced to various years of imprisonment.
One of the soldiers Sergeant Sani Ishaya was sentenced to four years, Bidemi Fabiyi sentenced to two years while Private Musa Bala and Private Abdulraheed Adamu were sentenced to one-year imprisonment each.
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 7 Division General Court Martial sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced a trooper, Pte. Azunna Mmadu-Abuchi to death by firing squad for killing an officer, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi.
Delivering judgement on Tuesday, the President of the Court, Brig. Gen. Arikpo Ekubi, said the prosecutor has proved his case beyond reasonable doubt that the accused intentionally shot and killed Ngorgi, who was the Adjutant of 212 Battalion, Bama.
“You intentionally opened fire and empty your magazine of nine rounds of ammunition on the deceased officer, Lt. B.S Ngorgi, who was the Adjutant of 212 Battalion, Bama, which led to his instant death.
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