Galadima, was arrested alongside three other accomplices at the Kaduna Police headquarters on Monday May 3, for killing Kabir after collecting a ransom of N1m from his parents.
The Nigerian
Army has said that Adamu Galadima, who was arrested for the kidnap and murder
of 6-year-old Mohammed Kabir, was dismissed in 2013 for attempted murder.
The Director,
Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen, Mohammed Yerima, stated in a release on
Tuesday, May 4, that the suspect was duly dismissed from the Nigerian Army
after a General Court Marshal that held in Kaduna found him guilty of attempted
murder. Read full statement below:
The attention
of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a video which has gone viral on the
social media alleging that a soldier, Lance Corporal Adamu Galadima, was
involved in an alleged case of kidnapp and murder of his neighbour's child
after collecting the sum of N5m as ransom.
The Nigerian
Army wishes to state that the information contained in the video is not true. Contrary
to the claim, Lance Corporal Adamu Galadima was duly dismissed from the
Nigerian Army in 2013 after a General Court Marshal that held in Kaduna had
found him guilty.
His last unit
was 2 Provost Group where he was involved in a case of attempted murder leading
to his arrest and prosecution before the General Court Marshal in Kaduna.
After his
dismissal, Adamu found his way to Kaduna State Environmental Services where he
secured a job as a cleaner.
He is
therefore, not a personnel of Nigerian Army as at April 2021 when he committed
the alleged crime.
The Nigerian
Army remains a disciplined organisation that will not condone any
unprofessional conduct on the part of its officers and soldiers.
The general
public is therefore urged to ignore the misleading story currently being shared
in the social media.
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