General Alkali
Army
General Alkali
Army Discloses How General Alkali was Killed
By Major General Benson Akinroluyo
GOC 3 Division, Nigerian Army
1. Gentlemen of the press, you are all welcome to 3 Division
Conference Room, venue for today’s press briefing. In line with the
Division’s drive of keeping the public informed through the media
about the cordon and search operation being conducted for the
missing senior officer, Major General Idris Alkali. I shall be
briefing you on the latest development based on available
verifiable facts.
2. You would recall that on 2 September 2018 at about 8:00pm,
unknown gunmen attacked a shopping complex located at Lafande
Community on the outskirt of Jos metropolis in Dura-Du District of
Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. As a result of
the attack, 11 people were killed while others sustained various
degrees of injuries. The attack triggered protest by the people of
the area on the morning of 3 September 2018. Irate youths in their
hundreds trooped out, blocked the Eastern Bypass with stones and
other dangerous objects. The immediate past Chief of Administration
(Army), Major General Idris Alkali who recently disengaged from the
Nigerian Army after 35 years meritorious service to the Nigerian
Army and the country was travelling from Abuja to Bauchi via Jos
same day. The senior officer was travelling alone in his black
Toyota Corolla car with registration number, KWARA MUN 670 AA.
Credible intelligence revealed that his car was stopped and he
introduced himself as a general to the hoodlums who had barricaded
the road that he was just passing through to Bauchi. The senior
officer was assaulted and killed. Thereafter, his belongings such
as clothings, cash, phones and laptop were shared by those who
killed him. His body was dragged before being moved to somewhere
else and his car was driven and pushed into the abandoned mining
pit filled with water. The irate youths who followed his car to the
abandoned mining pit filled with water on many tri-cycles popularly
known as “Keke NAPEP” jubilated for reason best known to them or
for mission accomplished. He was later buried in a shallow grave in
an area popularly known as, “No man’s land” within the
community.
3. Headquarters 3 Division was tasked to conduct a search and
rescue operation for the missing senior officer by the Army
Headquarters. The search and rescue operation is headed by the
Commander 3 Division Garrison, Brigadier General Umar Muhammed.
During the search and rescue operation at the Dura-Du District,
soldiers deployed were warned not to eat and drink anything from
the community for fear of being poisoned. Hence, soldiers were fed
from the barracks throughout the duration of the operation. At the
onset of task, on 20 September 2018, rented protesters made up of
women from Lafande community and beyond were mobilized in their
hundreds to protest against the evacuation of water in the
abandoned mining pit. The women claimed that the evacuation of
water in the abandoned mining pit would spiritually affects their
children by making them to fall sick and their husbands would die.
The protest by the women was therefore seen as an attempt to
prevent us from showing the whole world the heinous crimes the
community had committed over the years which were still ongoing
before now. After the cordon and search operation, some people were
apprehended. Those who were apprehended were those who witnessed or
heard about the incident but failed to report to the nearest
security agency. Also apprehended were those who were at the scene
of the incident as at the time the senior officer was killed.
Please be informed that some were released and others paraded and
handed over to the Nigerian Police for further investigation.
4. Gentlemen of the press, ladies and gentlemen, having pumped
the water from the abandoned mining pit for 2 weeks or thereabout
despite protests by women attributing all kinds of mythical
affliction that would befall their husbands and children, the
following were recovered:
a. On 21 September 2018, recovery of a door of a white bus.
b. On 29 September 2018, a black Toyota Corolla Car with
registration number KWARA MUN 670 AA, a customized T-Shirt with
Nigerian Army Logo and the General’s name inscribed on it, as well
as a pair of canvass shoe belonging to the deceased senior
officer.
c. On 2 October 2018, a white Toyota LiteAce bus with
registration number PLATEAU RYM 307 XA, which was reported missing
with the driver on 24 June 2018 and a red Rover car with
registration number BAUCHI AG 645 TRR which was allegedly reported
to have been buried along with the occupants on 31 January
2013.
You will have the opportunity to interact with the families of
the owners of the Toyota LiteAce Bus and Rover car immediately
after this press briefing.
5. On 29 September 2018, when the general’s black Toyota Corolla
car was recovered from the abandoned mining pit, those involved and
those not involved in the killing of the senior officer held a
meeting to relocate his corpse away from the community. This is
because of the inherent danger it would attract to the community.
Consequently, a 10 man team was constituted to relocate his corpse
earlier buried in a shallow grave within the community to
elsewhere. A specialist in preservation of corpse was contracted.
The specialist assisted in exhuming his corpse from the shallow
grave to elsewhere. Only few trusted members of the community knew
where his corpse was relocated to. The specialist is currently in
our custody. Again, this is an attempt to cover up the heinous
crime committed by the community. There exist other evidence and
indicators that pointed to the fact that those who were involved in
the killing of the senior officer are being supported and backed by
community leaders within the Dura-Du District. In recent times,
they have been staging press conferences and writing petitions in
order to smear the image of the Division in particular and the
Nigerian Army in general. This Division will not yield to the
antics or blackmail by those who have committed this dastardly
crime. Therefore, the following people at large have been declared
wanted by the relevant authority based on their degree of
culpability in the killing of the senior officer:
a. Da Chuwang Samuel ( aka MORINHO). He is 28 years old and a
panel beater by profession. He hails from Doi Du village area of
Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. He was believed
to be the master mind in the assault and killing of Major General
Idris Alkali.
b. Mr Nyam Samuel (aka SOFT TOUCH). He is 25 years old and a
panel beater by profession as well as younger brother of “Morinho”.
He was believed to have been involved in the assault and killing of
the senior officer.
c. Mr Pam Gyang Dung ( aka BOSS). He hails from Latya 2 Doi Du
Village in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. His
profession is farming and mining. He is also the Mai Anguwa of
Latya 2. “Boss” who is 53 years old is a friend to “Morinho”. He
was also believed to be involved in the killing of Major General
Idris Alkali.
d. Mr Mathew Wrang (aka AMESCO). He is 27 years old. In
addition, one locally made pistol was recovered from his house
during cordon and search operation.
e. Mr Moses Gyang (aka BOSS). He is Pam Gyang Dung, aka “Boss”
son. He is 25 years old.
f. Mr Timothy Chuan. He is 26 years old. He is a tipper driver
and also a sand vendor by profession. He was identified to have
driven the senior officer’s car to Dura village and subsequently
pushed it into the abandoned mining pit filled with water.
g. Da Yakubu Rap. He is 52 years old and the district head of
Dura village. He co – chaired the meeting held to relocate the
corpse of the senior officer from a shallow grave to elsewhere
immediately his car was found in the abandoned mining pit filled
with water.
h. Mr Chuwang Istifanus Pwajok Stephen (aka TIFA). He is 46
years old and a surveyor/business man by profession. He
participated in the meeting held to relocate the corpse of the
senior officer from a shallow grave to elsewhere after his car was
found in the abandoned mining pit filled with water.
Please note that 4 different sources not known to each other at
various times took us to the opened shallow grave where the senior
officer was earlier buried but subsequently removed. Furthermore,
sniffer dogs that have been cultured with the personal effects of
the senior officer led us to the same opened shallow grave. That
was the only grave we were led to by different people and sniffer
dogs. We did not go to any other grave as the operation was carried
out based on credible intelligence. Like I always say, the cordon
and search operation is intelligence driven and that is why the
operation has been conducted in line with international best
practices and respect for human rights. This further explains why
the Division did not clamp down on the entire community. Only the
perpetrators are being targeted.
6. At this point, let me reiterate that all the actors involved
in this dastardly act who are still at large are known to us. All
efforts are being made to get them arrested and be brought to
justice as their photographs and personal details are with the
relevant security agencies. The cordon and search operation
conducted by own troops has really exposed the heinous crimes being
committed by the few but fully supported and concealed by the
entire community. I want to commend members of the public for their
cooperation and still solicit for anyone with credible information
on where the senior officer was reburied. It is the civic
responsibility of the Dura-Du community to produce the corpse of
the deceased senior officer and those who were involved in the
killing of the senior officer. This Headquarters can be reached on
GSM number 09074028881 as sources of information would be protected
and treated as confidential. Let me use this opportunity to
appreciate all those that supported us during the search and rescue
operation. A letter had earlier been formally written to appreciate
Vehicle Inspection Office, National Emergency Management Agency and
all the good and peace loving people on the Plateau. In the same
vein, let me also appreciate the support from all other security
agencies such as Operation SAFE HAVEN, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria
Police, Department of State Services, National Security and Civil
Defence Corps and Fire Service as well as all other security
agencies for their support throughout the entire operation. Above
all, let me appreciate the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant
General Tukur Buratai and his Principal Staff Officers for their
strategic guidance and support. I also want to appreciate the
Director Military Intelligence and the Provost Marshal (Army) for
their technical and specialist support. Similarly, I wish to
commend and appreciate all commanders and principal staff officers
of this Division for their hard work and diligence. Our operations
will continue until the corpse of the deceased senior officer is
recovered and the perpetrators of this heinous crime are
arrested.
7. Finally, the Division also wishes to emphasize its adherence
to the principles and respect of human rights in the discharge of
its constitutional roles. It further calls on everyone within its
Area of Responsibility to remain vigilant and report any suspected
breach of the peace to security agencies.
Major General Benson Akinroluyo
GOC 3 Division, Nigerian Army