Five Nigerian soldiers have been declared wanted by the Nigerian Army after they absconded with a large amount of cash owned by a 'VIP'.
Five Nigerian soldiers have been declared wanted by the Nigerian Army after they absconded with a large amount of cash owned by a ‘VIP’ .the victim of the robbery is Hakeem Otiki, the general officer commanding, 8 Division of the Army, based in Sokoto. The officer could not be reached for comments Sunday morning.
The VIP was said to be in the white Toyota truck while the soldiers were in the gun truck during the roughly 400 kilometres journey. It was not immediately clear how much the cash was, but military sources estimated it ran into billions. “But after spending a long time handling transactions for them while they remained in penury, they decided to take their destiny into their own hands with the latest opportunity,” one officer told PREMIUM TIMES.
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