JUST IN: One month after, alleged killer of naval officer arrested

ABOUT one month and three days after the lifeless body of a
naval officer, Solomon Derikoma, was found in his room at the Armed
Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna State, his
suspected killer has been arrested, The ICIR report.

Derikoma, a Lieutenant Commander in the Nigeria Navy was found
dead days before he was scheduled to travel with some of his
colleagues for an African study tour.

A military source told The ICIR that the suspect was the late
naval officer’s domestic staff.

“The murderer that killed Lt Commander on Senior Course AFCSC
Jaji has been arrested,” the source said. “It turned out to be the
boy working for him.”

He said the knife with which he allegedly murdered the naval
officer was traced to the house he lives with his parents.

The suspect is said to be the son of a plumber who is on
temporary employment at AFCSC.

“He is already under lock and key with his parents and has been
singing like canary. He confessed being a cult member which
operates around Jaji which he joined some six years ago. Very sad,”
the source revealed.

The ICIR had reported that the late officer was a member of the
53rd Regular Course of the Nigeria Navy and hails from Rivers
State.

Derikoma’s classmates noticed that he was absent during parade
so they went to check on him in his room and found that the door
was locked with a padlock from outside indicating that there was no
one in the room.

“However, the padlock was broken and the officer’s body was
found in the room with a stone by the side and in a pool of blood,
suggesting that he was possibly murdered,” the source said, adding
that “the body has also started decomposing, which means it
happened anytime from Friday”.

Derikoma’s colleagues still went ahead with the study tour but
the source says officers on the ground were handling the
situation.

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