Three bandit including a soldier, detained for refusing to fight Bokoharam in Bornu state have escaped from army custody at Chari Maigumeri Barracks, Lokoja Kogi State.
The Soldier was said to have been moved from Maiduguri to Lokoja when he resisted fighting boko haram insurgent and detained alongside three Suspected bandits.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday night when Lokoja witnessed its first rain.
According to a source in the army who pleaded annonymity told our correspondent that the army has intensified effort to recapture the escaped bandits and the soldier.
” The Army is making frantic effort to arrest the four suspect. From what we learnt, the soldier was seen with a rifle as he aided the escape of the three bandit.
“He has been in our cell here, waiting for when he will be tried. Unfortunately, when it rained heavily on Sunday, the Soldier used the opportunity to escape when officers on duty were asleep. As I speak to you, the army has mounted surveillance in every entry and exit points of Kogi State to ensure the escapees are re-arrested”.
The Public Relations Officer, Command Army Record, Chari Maigumeri Barracks, Lokoja Kogi State Lieutenant David Adewusi however denied knowledge of the escape.
I have no comment to make as I am not aware of anything like that,he said…. Continue reading
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