Nigerian army General has been killed by a corporal soldier.
Various media houses have reported that General O.A. James was killed by drunk Corporal Abayomi Ebun.
The Corporal who is already arrested and detain allegedly hit the General who is the Director of Finance of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) with a car.
The incident happened at about 10:30p.m Tuesday as Brigadier General James was walking to his residence inside the NAFRC barracks in Lagos.
Premium Times who confirmed the report said the general was rush to hospital after the incident were he was comfirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
Source who speak on the incident said:
“The general was trekking to his apartment inside the Barracks when he was hit and knocked down by the drunk soldier,” one of our sources said. “The soldier also resides inside the barracks and was seen driving recklessly before hitting the senior officer.”
The Nigerian Army is yet to comment on the incident. The spokesperson to the Force, Onyema Nwachukwu, a brigadier general, did not answer and is yet to return calls seeking comments.
Until his death, Brigadier General James was a senior member of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps. He had bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Accounting as well as a Master of Business Administration in Finance.
