By Emma Amaize
A soldier attached to the 3 Battalion, Nigerian Army, Effurun, Delta State, has been dismissed and handed over to the police for prosecution over his alleged involvement in kidnapping and armed robbery.
The dismissed soldier and others were said to have formed a
kidnap/armed robbery syndicate, which specialized in kidnapping drivers
and hijacking loaded petroleum trucks, within and outside Delta State.
They usually held their victims hostage until the hijacked product was sold and discharged.
Members of the gang who were arrested, last year, by the police
confessed the involvement of the soldier, but the police could not
arrest him because of the misunderstanding with the army authorities on
his complicity.
A military source confirmed, yesterday, that the private was fired after a newspaper report chronicling his involvement with a gang.
DeltaState Commissioner of Police and internationally acclaimed crime fighter, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, confirmed when contacted that the army private had been handed over to the police.
Source:Vanguard
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