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Army Denies Involvement In Prelate’s Abduction, Security Experts Demand Probe

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Last updated: June 2, 2022 4:30 PM
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The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said the Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche, would be contacted on his allegation that its personnel were complicit in his recent kidnap.

This is just as Lagos State Government and the state police command said the security architecture in the state had been fortified to neutralise any attempt by kidnappers to abduct residents in the state.

It was earlier reported that Kanu-Uche, while addressing journalists after regaining his freedom from kidnappers on Tuesday, said the leader of the gang that led the operation revealed that Lagos was on their radar.

Kanu-Uche disclosed this just as he accused the Nigerian Army of complicity in his kidnap.

But the Army’s spokesman, Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu , in a statement, described the allegation as weighty.

He said, “The insinuation that troops are complicit in the kidnap is not entirely premised on any findings of investigations and therefore cannot be swallowed hook line and sinker. This allegation therefore raises some pertinent questions which are still unanswered.

“Given the spate of insecurity in the region, the question would be, was the issue reported to the unit covering the area? Did the Methodist Church take the NA into confidence while negotiating the ransom with the kidnappers? No formal complaint has been received by the unit.

“More worrisome is the fact that it was alleged that the ransom was paid in less than 24 hours. Was the ransom paid to troops? These are questions that beg for answers.

“Moreso, the NA unit, has not received any debrief from the Prelate or the Methodist Church.

Given our professional disposition and zero tolerance for any misconduct in the Nigerian Army, we will take this weighty allegation seriously and approach the Prelate and the Methodist church to unravel the basis for the allegation.”

However, in separate interviews, security experts identified the connivance of security operatives with criminal elements as one of the reasons why insecurity is persisting in the country.

A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, recalled that when he was abducted, four of his abductees were serving military personnel.

He urged security agencies to look inward and flush out the bad eggs to enable them win the war against insecurity.

Ejiofor said, “You are not hearing it for the first time. I have said it several times after I was kidnapped that the security agencies must look inward to fish out the bad eggs. In my own case, four of the 12 people who kidnapped me were serving military personnel. It is not new to me.

“Also, if you look at the precision with which some of them shoot, you will begin to doubt if they are just bandits. The society is bad and people are trying to survive by all means. If you are fighting a war, the people who are involved in this thing are aware of what is going on and they use it against the military.

“Everyone who has experienced this will tell you that some bad eggs in the security agencies are involved in this. That’s why we are not winning the war.”

Another security expert, Timothy Avele, said the allegation called for a painstaking investigation.

He said, “I can’t say he (the Prelate) is lying but the criminals could have operated close by the military checkpoint as part of their deception operation methods. You know people generally feel relaxed when they encounter security agents on the road.

“But that’s always a big mistake from a counter-terrorist angle because the terrorists take advantage of it. But this calls for a discreet intelligence investigation. “

Some personnel of the Nigerian Army have, in the past, been accused or arrested for allegedly conniving with criminal elements.

On May 13, 2022, no fewer than three soldiers were arrested for collaborating with terrorists in Zamfara State.

Also, a weapon instructor of the Nigerian Army, Jibrin Mohammed, was arrested in Yobe for his alleged connivance with terrorists before committing suicide on April 28.

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