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Recovery of missing General’s body and police investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2018 0

Another chapter in Nigeria’s chequered history took place on Saturday when the remains of Major – General Idris Alkali (N/8353) was laid to rest at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The body of missing General Alkali was recovered on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, in a

Headlines News

Army/Police: 2 suspects linked to killing of Gen Alkali still at large

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2018 0

The Nigerian Army has said that two persons among the eight declared wanted by the Nigeria Police who are directly involved in the killing of the late missing Army General, Idris Alkali, are still at large. The Army spoke on Sunday through a statement signed by the spokesperson of 3 Division Headquarters, Colonel Kayode Ogunsaya, […]

Opinion

Alkali: Former Police Chief, Tsav hails Nigerian Army conduct in a letter to Buratai

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2018 0

Elder statesman and former Commissioner of Police, Lagos and Kano States, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has penned a thought-provoking letter to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukkur Buratai, over the abduction and murder of Major General Idris Alkali (Rtd) in Dura-Du area of Plateau State. Tsav described the murder of Gen. Alkali a serious […]

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Army recovers body of missing General says perpetrators won’t go unpunished

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2018 0

The Nigerian Army has said those involved in the death of the missing Major General Idris Alkali (rtd) will not go unpunished no matter how connected they are. The Army spoke through the Garrison Commander, 3 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Umar Mohammed, who is the officer leading the operation on the missing General. Mohammed […]

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Army discovers shallow grave where missing General was buried

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2018 0

The youths who killed the retired missing Army General, Idris Alkali, on September 3, 2018, jubilated after pushing his car in a mining pond at Dura Du of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, says the General Officer Commanding, 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Benson Akinroluyo. “The irate youths who […]

News Nigeria

Missing General: Suspects, village head surrender to police

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2018 0

Three suspects have voluntarily surrendered to the Plateau State command of the Nigeria Police on Friday, less than 24 hours after being declared wanted by the police over the disappearance of an Army General, Mohammed Idris Alkali (rtd). A source said the other suspects were also ready to surrender themselves but were waiting to see […]

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Missing General: Army hands over 13 suspects to police

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2018 0

The Nigeria Army on Wednesday presented 13 suspects arrested in connection with missing Major-General Idris Alkali (retd) to newsmen in Jos. Brig.-General Umar Muhammed, Garrison Commander, 3 Division, Nigeria Army, Rukuba, near Jos, told newsmen that the suspects would be handed over to the police for full investigation. Muhammed said that the people were arrested […]

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Idris Alkali: Group welcomes Senate calls for investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2018 0

…lambasts Jang, Plateau lawmakers over silence The New Initiative for Credible Leadership (NICreL), a civil society orgnisation has welcomed the recent call by the Nigerian Senate on the federal government to set up an investigate panel and intensify efforts to find Major General Idros Alkali (retired). The group said the call for other Nigerians that […]

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Missing Army General: Fear grips Community over possible Military Action

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2018 0

The discovery of the car allegedly belonging to Major General Idris Alkali (Rtd) (who was declared missing since early September) in a pond in Du, Jos South LGA of Plateau State has sent shivers down the spines of residents. According to a source, most residents were mulling mass relocation for fear of possible military action […]

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Missing General: Evacuation of pond, national assignment – STF boss

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2018 0

The Special Task Force Commander, Major General Augustine Chris Agundu, on Friday said the evacuation of a mining site alleged to have hidden the body of a missing Major General Idris Alkali (retired), has become a national assignment not only to unravel the alleged body of the deceased but to also uncover other heinous crime […]