Army dismisses four soldiers over killing of NDLEA officer in Niger State

The Niger State Police Command has paraded four dismissed soldiers arrested over the killing of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kingsley Chimetalo.

Spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, May 24, 2024, said the Nigerian Army court-martialed and dismissed the soldiers before handing them over to the police. 

According to the PPRO, Kingsley Chimetalo was stabbed to death by the suspect during an altercation with a team of NSCDC officers who were on stop and search in Bida Local Government Area of the state. 

“On 09/03/2024 at about 1820hrs, a team of NDLEA officers were on stop and search at Ramat Junction, Bida while two suspected soldiers who were not on uniform, on a motorcycle got to the point and they were intercepted by the NDLEA team,” the statement read.

 

“The team requested for identification, but the suspected soldiers could not establish a proper means of identification, and their bag was searched but nothing incriminating was found.