ARMY GENERAL KILLED BY CORPORAL IN LAGOS
BY DAMI. L
The Director of Finance at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, Brig. Gen. James, has been hit and killed by one Corporal Abayomi Ebun, a soldier at the NAFRC headquarters in Lagos on Tuesday.
He works at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC, Abuja; and was said to be on pass and travelled to Lagos to see his family, when he knocked down the NAFRC Finance Director, while driving out of the Barracks.
However, Brigadier General James was recently posted to Lagos from Abuja and he worked at the Army Headquarters Garrison. He walking to his office from his official accommodation both located at the NAFRC headquarters and barracks when the Corporal, who was speeding and driving recklessly crushed him from behind.
Reports say that immediately after the incident, the senior officer, was swiftly evacuated to the NAFRC Medical Center, where doctors at the Centre confirmed him dead.
After the incident, Military Police personnel arrested the Corporal, Ebun and found that he was drunk, with eye-witnesses disclosing that he was driving recklessly inside the barracks.
“He has been detained by the NAFRC provost for further investigation.”
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