Senior Nigerian Army Officer, Colonel Samaila Inusa who was
abducted in Kaduna at the weekend has been found dead.
The Nigerian Army authority in a statement on Tuesday said
Colonel Inusa whose body was found in Kaduna was killed on the day of his
abduction.
According to a statement signed by Acting Director Army
Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, “Preliminary investigation
revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was
kidnapped by his abductors. This is because the body was found already
decomposing around Ajyaita village off Eastern Bypass Kaduna,
Kaduna State.”
“The Nigerian Army wishes to regrettably inform the public
that Colonel Samaila Inusa who was kidnapped on Sunday 27th March 2016, was found dead today at about 6.00pm.
“Arrangements are in
progress to move the body to 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna. May
His soul rest in peace, Amen.
We wish to state in unmistakable terms that whoever is
behind his abduction and murder would be fished out to face the full wrath of
the law,” the statement read.
The late Colonel was abducted and whisked away in his
Mercedes-Benz car by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers around Kamazo, along
Kaduna Refinery Road, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.
The abductors dropped off Colonel Inusa’s wife and left with
him heading towards Abuja.
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