Breaking: Army confirms abducted Colonel dead

The Nigeria Army on Tuesday, confirmed dead
its serving senior officer, Col. Samaila Inusa,
who was abducted last Saturday, in Kaduna.
In a tweet via its verified Twitter
handle, @HQNigerianArmy, the Army
announced: "Nigerian Army wishes to
regrettably inform the public that Col Samaila
Inusa who was kidnapped on Sunday, March
27, 2016 was found dead today (Tuesday,
March 29, 2016).
Recall that in a statement made
available to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in
Kaduna, and signed by Col
Usman Abdul, Deputy Director,
Army Public Relations, 1
Division, the Army had stated
that Inusa was a serving officer
at the Nigerian Army School of
Infantry in Jaji, Kaduna.
It said his abductors kidnapped
him at Kamazo Chikkun Local
Government Area near NNPC
junction, Kaduna.
The statement said his
abductors dropped off his wife
and “left with him in his car and
headed towards Abuja.’’
“They are in a Mercedes Benz GLK Black colour
with registration number Abuja, KUJ 154 TZ.
“This happened at about 7:30pm on Saturday
26 March 2016,’’ it said.
In another development, the Nigerian Army
increased the cash reward it promised to give
anyone with useful information that would
help in the rescue of its abducted Colonel,
from N500,000 to N1 million.