Private Mohammed Adamu with service number 21NA/80/0365 has been identified as the alleged k+ller of the woman who was §t+bbed inside the 82nd (Airborne and Amphibious) Division of the Nigerian Army, top sources on Saturday told SaharaReporters.
SaharaReporters had reported how the lif£less body of the woman wearing hijab was discovered on Friday by the daughter of an army lieutenant around the division’s officers quarters. “A lif£less body of a lady who was §t+bbed by an unknown person was discovered yesterday in 82 division barracks,” a source had said. The body was discovered by the daughter of an Army lieutenant who was taking food to her dad who is working on their farm somewhere around the division officers quarters
And the knife used in k+lling the same lady was dropped off close to the body while the body was wrapped with the hijab she was wearing.” While the army authorities have refused to comment on the incident, SaharaReporters learnt on Saturday evening that the k+ller has been identified as Pte Mohammed Adamu working with the division’s legal service.
Adamu and the deceased which was identified as Hauwa were said to be lovers.
According to two senior military officers who spoke to SaharaReporters, the suspect (soldier) was a repented Boko Haram member who after his repentance joined the Civilian Joint Task Force and was later enlisted into the Nigerian Army in the year 2021.
The Nigerian Army had between 2020 and 2021 absorbed 400 members of the civilian JTF into its fold to assist in prosecuting the war against Boko Haram terrorists. “The suspect behind the murder of Miss Hauwa, the hijab woman is 21NA/80/0365 Pte Mohammed Adamu of 82Div legal services. Unfortunately, Pte Mohammed Adamu is a repented Boko Haram member who after his repentance joined the civilian JTF. It was from being a CJTF that he was enlisted into the Army in the year 2021.
