The Nigeria Army has
arrested 13 suspects linked with the disappearance of retired Major General
Idris Alkali whose vehicle was recovered from an old mining pond in Dura-Du in
Jos south local government area of Plateau state on Saturday, September 29.
Daily Trust reports that
among the suspects paraded is a woman said to be the organiser of the over 500
women who had demonstrated half naked on September 22 in an attempt to stop the
military from exploring the pond.
It was gathered that the
women in an attempt to wrestle weapons from the hands of military personnel in
the area claimed that the pond had ancestral ties to the communities.
The women also said that no
search by the military would placate the death of their husbands and children.
Speaking on the arrest of
the suspects, the garrison commander of the 3rd Armoured Division, Maxwell
Khobe Cantonment in Rukuba, near Jos, Ibrahim Mohammed said those paraded did
not directly commit the crime.
Mohammed said the paraded
suspects w ere those who knew when the vehicle of the retired senior military
officer was pushed into the pond and also know those responsible.
“Those paraded are those
who heard and saw the criminals that stopped the retired senior officer and
those who pushed his vehicle into the pond but failed to report these criminal
act to security agencies, are being paraded," Mohammed said.
He also said some of the
suspects had been arrested with locally made rifles and pistols as well as ammunition
used by the military.
Mohammed also said that the
suspect would be handed over to the police for further investigations and
possible prosecution.
Confirming the incident,
the Plateau state police spokesperson, Tyopev Terna, said the suspects and the
exhibits were transferred to the command on Wednesday, October 17.
Terna said: “I have just
been informed that suspects and exhibits in the case of the missing Major
General IM Alkali (Rtd) have been transferred from the 3 Division Nigerian Army
Barracks, Rukuba to the Plateau State Command, Jos.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng
previously reported that the GOC 3 Army Division in Rukuba Plateau state,
Major-General Benson Akinroluyo, said the military has pictures of all the
suspects involved in the disappearance of General Idris Alkali whose car was
recently found in Dura Du pond in Plateau state.
Akinroluyo also said
investigation was still ongoing to fish them out.
He also urged the people of
the community not to run away from their houses in fear of any military
onslaught.
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