Army states position on soldiers involved in Ebonyi bullion van robbery
The Nigerian Army has said that the soldiers arrested for bullion van robbery in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State are not its personnel, NAN reports., including two soldiers – one serving, one dismissed for alleged robbery of a bullion van in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
According to him, the two alleged soldiers are not serving in any of Nigerian Army’s units, commands, formations or divisions. “It is necessary to inform the public that the so-called soldiers in the report are not personnel of the Nigerian Army since 2015 and 2018 when both Corporal Ayeni Samuel and Corporal Emeka Harrison were dismissed.“Available record shows that Dismissed 03NA/53/088 Corporal Ayeni Samuel was dismissed in 2018 for desertion and pipeline vandalism at 174 Battalion.
”Dismissed Corporal Ayeni deserted the Unit and was later arrested for pipeline vandalism at Ikorodu in Lagos State in 2018.
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