How 3 kids found Colonel Samaila Inusa’s body
Three children went to pluck cashew from a bush
opposite Ajyaita Village in Kakau District of Chikun
LGA of Kaduna State on Tuesday, but ran into a
very unlikely sight-a corpse, which was later
identified as that of the abducted military officer.
Ajyaita village is about 10 kilometres from Kaduna
city centre, and lies along the Eastern By-pass
which links the Abuja-Kaduna express way to the
southern part of the state.
The children had set out for the forest opposite
the village on Tuesday morning and met the
decomposing body by a narrow footpath leading
to the forest.
Some elders told Daily Trust that the children
then ran back home to reveal the unpleasant
information to a farmer who they earlier met on
their way to the forest. The man was planting yam
seedlings at a farm. After hearing the children’s
story, he rushed to the spot to confirm it, and he
in turn, ran to inform the village head.
The village head informed the police authorities
who deployed some policemen to accompany
him to the spot. The police then called the army
authorities who came to inspect the corpse.
Therein came the painful confirmation-it was the
body of Colonel Samaila Inusa, who was
kidnapped a few days earlier.
“The military came with photographs and
confirmed that he was the one. There was no
identity card found on him, but the military
identified him as the missing colonel. The place he
was found is a bush path that is accessible by a
car. The bush is also close to a village called
Kefinary,” an elder said.
Residents of Ajyaita refused to take our
correspondents to the place, saying the place had
been cordoned off by soldiers who asked people
to stay away for now.
Daily Trust noticed some heavily armed
policemen patrolling the area while villagers were
busy with their work without any noticeable
tension.
The colonel was buried yesterday at the Ribadu
Cantonment, Old Nigerian Defence Academy
(NDA) site in Kaduna according to Islamic rites.
Draped in the national colours of green-white-
green, the body arrived the old NDA cemetery
around11.45am from the 44 Army Reference
Hospital, Kaduna and was interred at noon after
prayers at the NDA Juma’at mosque.
Relations, colleagues and friends couldn’t hold
back tears, while some cried loudly.
The Chief Administrative Officer of the Nigerian
Army, Major General Ado Abubakar, who
represented the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.
Tukur Buratai, said it was a great loss to the
Nigerian Army.
He described late colonel as a very committed
officer who never joked with his responsibilities
and announced that the army would do
everything possible to get those behind the killing.
“Col. Inusa was a great soldier. We all feel the
pains. Though death is inevitable and nobody can
run away from it. I came in to represent my boss,
the Chief of Army Staff because the Nigerian Army
is mourning one of us that had really served this
country greatly and we are not really happy the
way he died, but whatever happened, we will see
to the end of it all,” he said.
The Commander, Nigerian Army School of
Infantry, Major General Kasim Abdulkarim, said
the late Samaila who served under his command
was a loyal, committed and hardworking officer
who would be fondly missed by his colleagues.
Gen. Abdulkarim urged officers and men of the
Nigerian military to take precautionary measures
for their personal safety.
The colonel’s younger brother, Mustapha Inusa,
described him as generous, saying, he was good
to everyone, both within and outside his family.
“He was our family’s breadwinner and we will
miss his dearly. Samaila is dead and he was
buried in the presence of his parents, you know
what it feels like for parents to bury their children,
it is not a good feeling, his parents will really feel
his absence because he was the one who used to
cater for them,” he said.
Colonel Inusa, who was the Commander, 81
Battalion in Bulabulin, Damboa LGA of Borno
State before he became Chief Instructor at the
Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna
State, was honoured with a three- gun salute by
officers.
A close friend of the deceased and former
Minority Leader of the Kaduna State House of
Assembly, Muhammad Ali, described him as a
humble and calm person who was loved by all.
Another close family friend who simply gave her
name as Mama Hauwa described the late Samaila
as a perfect gentle man. She prayed that his soul
rest in peace while calling on the military
authorities not to relent in their resolve to get the
killers.
Born in 1972 in Nasarawa LGA of Kano State, Col.
Inusa attended Ramat Special Primary School
from 1979 to1985 and proceeded to the
Ahmadiyya Secondary School, Kano where he
obtained his West African School Certificate in
1991.
He gained admission into the Nigerian Defence
Academy in 1992 as a member of the 44th
Regular Course and graduated in 1997 with a
Bachelor’s degree in Biological Science. He was the
aide-de-camp to Sierra-Leonean Vice- President
and was promoted to the rank of Colonel last
year. His last appointment was as Chief Instructor
at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji.
opposite Ajyaita Village in Kakau District of Chikun
LGA of Kaduna State on Tuesday, but ran into a
very unlikely sight-a corpse, which was later
identified as that of the abducted military officer.
Ajyaita village is about 10 kilometres from Kaduna
city centre, and lies along the Eastern By-pass
which links the Abuja-Kaduna express way to the
southern part of the state.
The children had set out for the forest opposite
the village on Tuesday morning and met the
decomposing body by a narrow footpath leading
to the forest.
Some elders told Daily Trust that the children
then ran back home to reveal the unpleasant
information to a farmer who they earlier met on
their way to the forest. The man was planting yam
seedlings at a farm. After hearing the children’s
story, he rushed to the spot to confirm it, and he
in turn, ran to inform the village head.
The village head informed the police authorities
who deployed some policemen to accompany
him to the spot. The police then called the army
authorities who came to inspect the corpse.
Therein came the painful confirmation-it was the
body of Colonel Samaila Inusa, who was
kidnapped a few days earlier.
“The military came with photographs and
confirmed that he was the one. There was no
identity card found on him, but the military
identified him as the missing colonel. The place he
was found is a bush path that is accessible by a
car. The bush is also close to a village called
Kefinary,” an elder said.
Residents of Ajyaita refused to take our
correspondents to the place, saying the place had
been cordoned off by soldiers who asked people
to stay away for now.
Daily Trust noticed some heavily armed
policemen patrolling the area while villagers were
busy with their work without any noticeable
tension.
The colonel was buried yesterday at the Ribadu
Cantonment, Old Nigerian Defence Academy
(NDA) site in Kaduna according to Islamic rites.
Draped in the national colours of green-white-
green, the body arrived the old NDA cemetery
around11.45am from the 44 Army Reference
Hospital, Kaduna and was interred at noon after
prayers at the NDA Juma’at mosque.
Relations, colleagues and friends couldn’t hold
back tears, while some cried loudly.
The Chief Administrative Officer of the Nigerian
Army, Major General Ado Abubakar, who
represented the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.
Tukur Buratai, said it was a great loss to the
Nigerian Army.
He described late colonel as a very committed
officer who never joked with his responsibilities
and announced that the army would do
everything possible to get those behind the killing.
“Col. Inusa was a great soldier. We all feel the
pains. Though death is inevitable and nobody can
run away from it. I came in to represent my boss,
the Chief of Army Staff because the Nigerian Army
is mourning one of us that had really served this
country greatly and we are not really happy the
way he died, but whatever happened, we will see
to the end of it all,” he said.
The Commander, Nigerian Army School of
Infantry, Major General Kasim Abdulkarim, said
the late Samaila who served under his command
was a loyal, committed and hardworking officer
who would be fondly missed by his colleagues.
Gen. Abdulkarim urged officers and men of the
Nigerian military to take precautionary measures
for their personal safety.
The colonel’s younger brother, Mustapha Inusa,
described him as generous, saying, he was good
to everyone, both within and outside his family.
“He was our family’s breadwinner and we will
miss his dearly. Samaila is dead and he was
buried in the presence of his parents, you know
what it feels like for parents to bury their children,
it is not a good feeling, his parents will really feel
his absence because he was the one who used to
cater for them,” he said.
Colonel Inusa, who was the Commander, 81
Battalion in Bulabulin, Damboa LGA of Borno
State before he became Chief Instructor at the
Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna
State, was honoured with a three- gun salute by
officers.
A close friend of the deceased and former
Minority Leader of the Kaduna State House of
Assembly, Muhammad Ali, described him as a
humble and calm person who was loved by all.
Another close family friend who simply gave her
name as Mama Hauwa described the late Samaila
as a perfect gentle man. She prayed that his soul
rest in peace while calling on the military
authorities not to relent in their resolve to get the
killers.
Born in 1972 in Nasarawa LGA of Kano State, Col.
Inusa attended Ramat Special Primary School
from 1979 to1985 and proceeded to the
Ahmadiyya Secondary School, Kano where he
obtained his West African School Certificate in
1991.
He gained admission into the Nigerian Defence
Academy in 1992 as a member of the 44th
Regular Course and graduated in 1997 with a
Bachelor’s degree in Biological Science. He was the
aide-de-camp to Sierra-Leonean Vice- President
and was promoted to the rank of Colonel last
year. His last appointment was as Chief Instructor
at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji.
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