Army Captain Ohakwe
Army Captain Ohakwe Died in Accident, not Killed by Boko
Haram- Investigation reveals
The rumoured news of the killing of one Ohakwe Egegus Ikechukwu,
a Captain of the Nigerian Army (NA 15045), by Boko Haram (BH)
terrorists in Borno is not true, PRNigeria’s investigation has
revealed.
Capt. Ikechukwu, an indigene of Imo State, was reported by some
online media, to have been killed in a recent attack launched by
Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.
Captain
Ohakwe and Family
The trending social media reports had claimed that Ikechukwu was
killed alongside an Army Colonel and three other soldiers in Borno
State.
However, PRNigeria gathered that Ikechukwu, and two other
officers, were involved in a ghastly road accident along
Makurdi-Lafiya Road at Yelwata, a border town between Benue and
Nasarawa States.
The officers were returning to their base after completing Cadre
Conversion course at the 20 Model Battalion of the Nigeria Army in
Serti, Taraba State.
It was learnt that a Honda Accord car, which the Army officers
including Captain Ikechukwu were in, had a head-on collision with a
vehicle in the opposite direction.
The fatal crash instantly claimed Ikechukwu’s life while Captain
NA Shehu (NA14972) and Captain JE Akwaraonwu (NA 15039) survived
the accident.
The corpse of the late Army Captain was immediately evacuated to
the Nigerian Airforce Hospital (NAF) in Makurdi, while the other
two injured officers were moved to NAF Base for urgent
treatment.