January 13 , 2021 | EASTERN PILOT Report By : John Owen Nwachukwu Trooper, Azunna Maduabuchi, has been sentenced to death by a firing squa...
January 13 , 2021 | EASTERN PILOT
Report By: John Owen Nwachukwu
Trooper,
Azunna Maduabuchi, has been sentenced to death by a firing squad by a
military court sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State. Maduabuchi was
convicted of killing one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi, the adjutant of his
unit. He was said to have, in July 2020, shot Ngorgi at close range in
Bama LGA of the State following the Lieutenant’s refusal to grant him a
welfare pass, Channels Television reports. Maduabuchi was sentenced to
death on Tuesday by firing squad having been found guilty of the crime
at the court session held at the Maimalari Cantonment.
This is in
accordance with Section 106 of the Armed Forces Act. Also, some other
four soldiers: Sergeant Sani Ishaya, Bidemi Fabiyi, Private Musa Bala
and Private Abdulraheed Adamu got various prison sentences for
manslaughter.
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