The Joint Investigative Panel, set up by the Chief of Defence
Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin, to investigate the killing
of a former CDS Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, on Wednesday, said
the killing was not political.
The team leader of the panel, Major General Bamidele Shafa, made
this known on Wednesday at the Mogadishu cantonment in Abuja, while
parading 15 suspects alleged to be involved in the crime.
He said: “The attack and killing of Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh
(RTD), on 18 December 2018, was criminal and does not have any
political undertone.”
General Shafa said after investigation by the panel, 20 suspects
had been arrested for being involved in the crime, but only fifteen
were being paraded for their direct action in the killing.
He said: “The 15 suspects in custody confessed to their direct
involvement in the crime.
“The suspects employed automatic weapons and locally made guns
in the attack and killing of Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.
“This was buttressed by the result of the autopsy examination
and weapons recovered from the residence of the suspects,” he
said.
General Shafa added that the suspects also admitted to have
kidnapped one Engr Joseph Okpetu, who was with the former CDS and
received N2 million before releasing him.
He stated that the panel categorized the suspects into key
suspects, circumstantial suspects and accomplices.
He said during the investigation, 36 suspects were interviewed
and those not directly involved in the case have been released on
the instructions of the convening authority.
General Shafa further reiterated that the panel visited the
scene of the incident, searched homes where one AK 47 rifle, one
Dane gun and other dangerous weapons were recovered.
He said some of those arrested include; Aliyu Usman, a major
suspect and ring leader of the gang; Shuaibu Rabo identified as the
second in command; Yahaya Nuhu and Alhaji Lamido Tahara third in
command.
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