By Okolie Ifeanyi

Four suspects, allegedly involved in the killing of an Army Colonel, Samaila Inusa, in Kaduna State, have been arrested by police.

Vanguard gathered that two of the suspects, Abdullahi Adamu, a prison warder, and Emeka Okeke, leader of the gang, were arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response, Team, IRT, while two others, Ibrahim Kabiru and one Ebele were arrested by operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command Special Intelligence Bureau, SIB.

Colonel Inusa, 44, who was serving at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji near Kaduna, as Chief Instructor, was abducted by unknown gunmen on the night of Saturday, March 26, along Kamazo, Kaduna Refinery Road, Chikun Local Government Area of the state.

Colonel Inusa

His corpse was later discovered few kilometres away from where he was abducted, by three children who had gone to pluck cashew.

The children were said to have rushed back to their village to inform the community elders, who alerted the police.

Police sources disclosed that Adamu, a close associate of the alleged gang leader, Okeke, was in possession of the late Colonel’s phone when he was arrested. It was gathered that Adamu led the IRT operatives to Kaduna State SIB where they found Ebele and Kabir.

Ebele was said to have confessed that the gang had no intention of killing the Colonel, but only wanted to snatch his car when he was abducted.

He explained that Inusa struggled with one of the gang members known as Sokoto, when they attempted to drop him off, which led to his being shot.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole, did not respond to calls put across to his line at press time.