Nigerian soldier arrested for supplying ammunition to bandits
A soldier identified as Iorliam Emmanuel has been arrested for stealing ammunition and selling same to bandits.
Troops of the Nigerian army’s operation Hadin Kai arrested Emmanuel, who is attached to the 156 task force battalion in Mainok, Borno state.
The soldier was reportedly caught while trying to snuggle stolen ammunition out of Maiduguri, the capital of the state.
In a video, soldiers were seen stripping the suspect of ammunition strapped to his body.
“You see your life? You, you will go and give Boko Haram these things so that they will come and attack us in this camp. Don’t worry. God pass you,” some soldiers were heard saying in the clip.
“All these ones don tey, they don rust,” a soldier said in reference to bullets that appeared to have been in the suspect’s possession for a while.
It is alleged that the suspect, who hails from Benue, regularly steals ammunition and supplies the same to criminal gangs across the country.
The suspect is said to have been handed over to the military intelligence for investigation.
Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesman, was not immediately available to comment on the matter when contacted by TheCable.
Credit: TheCable
