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Two
suspects who were arrested in connection with the murder of a former Chief of
Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh may be paraded before the media
today in Abuja..
The
suspects are said to be killer and the man that hired him for the job
.
Badeh
was killed on Keffi-Abuja road following the information that he had some cash
on him to pay for additional farmland. He was on his way from his farm when the
assassins went after him to rob him of the money he did not pay because the
discussions were inconclusive.
The
farmland was said to be next to the one he had already cultivated.
Police
sources say the suspects may be paraded today to throw more light on how the
former Chief of Defence staff was murdered.
The
highly placed police source said the parade will also allow the media to
interact with the suspects.
.Badeh(
61) was shot dead on December 18 near Gitata, a village on the
Keffi-Bade-Abuja road.
While
Badeh died on the spot, his driver was wounded and his friend abducted by the
assailants.The friend of the ex-CDS was released on Monday after the family had
paid ransom said to be in millions of naira.
.According
to sources, the breakthrough into the arrest of the killers of Badeh was
recorded by the IGP Rapid Response Team (IRT) in conjunction with the military
and other security agencies.
.In a
report by TheNewsGuru detectives have proof that the two shot at Badeh “at
close range to kill him”.
“The
killing had to do with alleged transactions on additional farmland which was to
be sold to the ex-CDS.“The suspect who hired the assailants was not part of the
deal. But he got to know of the transactions the day and time that Badeh was
coming to pay for the farmland.
“Unfortunately,
the deal was not yet concluded on the appointed day, but the ‘murder
contractor’ suspected that Badeh was with the cash on December 18 and engaged
some assassins to waylay and kill him in order to haul the cash.”
The
Police, the military and other security agencies are still on the trail of
other accomplices, the source said, adding:
According
to another highly reliable source, the suspects have confessed that their
intention was not to kill Badeh, but his driver refused to stop when they
carried out the attack, leading to their shooting sporadically to stop the
Toyota Tundra in which the former Nigerian Air Force Chief was travelling from
his farm in Nasarawa State to Abuja
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