By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN—Authorities of the 4 Brigade Nigeria Army Benin, Edo State, have said that they have arrested the soldier who allegedly killed one Mrs. Alice Akporobi around Jakpa Junction, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, weekend.

Mrs. Akporobi, a typist with the Delta State Judiciary attached to the Magistrate’s Court, Oleh, was on her way to her daughter’s wedding during weekend’s environ-mental sanitation exercise when the soldier killed her at a military checkpoint in Jakpa Junction, Effurun.

In a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Captain Jonah Unuakhalu, the Brigade expressed regrets over the incident, saying the soldiers concer-ned had been arrested and investigation ongoing.