The killing of Adeniyi Sanni, an aide to Senator Solomon Adeola of Ogun West, raises concern about the illegal activities of soldiers
Since the killing of a lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, in Lagos, allegedly by a policeman, Drambi Vandi, on Christmas Day, extrajudicial killings appear to have left the police, with suspected soldiers now wearing the killer uniforms.
For Senator Solomon Adeola and his associates, the murder of the lawmaker’s aide, Adeniyi Sanni, in the early hours of August 5, 2023, allegedly by soldiers cannot be allowed to go unpunished. On August 17, a driver, identified simply as Lawal, was killed by suspected soldiers while on his way to deliver a vehicle to its owner in Abuja.
“In as much as information into the allegation is still scanty at the moment, being a responsible organisation, Headquarters 81 Division Nigerian Army considers it appropriate to bring the occurrence to public notice and the steps taken to identify the alleged persons in military uniform, believed to be soldiers and bring them to justice if truly they are serving soldiers.
The spokesperson for the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, when asked for a reaction to the reports linking Army officers to killings, only shared the earlier released statement of Ayeni with our correspondent, which was silent about the killing of Sanni, linked to suspected soldiers.What is not clear is what the suspected soldiers had with vehicles, most of which were said to be new cars being driven by the two murdered victims.
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