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Africa Subsaharan
Body of Missing Nigerian Army General Was 'Found in a Well'
2018-11-03
[All Africa] The Nigerian Army on Wednesday explained how it found the body of a missing general, Idris Alkali, after weeks of intense investigations.

Mr Alkali, who recently retired as a major general, was declared missing several weeks ago while travelling from Abuja to Bauchi.

His body parts were found in an abandoned well in Guchwet village of Shen district, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Although no medical test had been done to confirm if the body parts found were actually that of Mr Alkali, the army said "its investigations confirmed it".

A brigadier general, Umar Ibrahim, the Garrison Commander, 3 division, spoke with journalists at the scene. He said some of the suspects who participated in the killing of the general brought the army to the well.

Last week, the army had announced it located a shallow grave where the late general was initially buried before the body was exhumed and taken someplace else.

On Wednesday, a military "body bag" containing the parts of the missing general was unzipped for news hounds to have a look. But no shots were allowed to be taken to preserve the victim's dignity.

At the scene, a water pump generator was used to drain the water from the well to allow access to the body parts.

The news hound observed that there was a distance of almost 10 kilometers from where his corpse was first buried to the "no man's land" where it was found Wednesday morning.

Mr Ibrahim narrated how the victim's body was found.

"You are all aware that Major General Idris Alkali was declared missing on September 3. The Nigerian Army gave us three tasks. One, to find General Alkali dead or alive; two, to find his car which is a Toyota Corolla; and three, if anything happened to him, to find who are responsible for it .

Posted by:Fred

#11  *Snort*
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-03 21:24  

#10   Y’all should be ashamed of yourselves, and not one of you is. Pappy would have sent you all to your rooms to ponder the error of your ways.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-11-03 21:21  

#9  I just hope this wasn't the 12th imam, or somebody has some 'splaining to do.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-11-03 18:32  

#8  Well... bye!
Posted by: Slosh Bourbon7752   2018-11-03 17:50  

#7  He should have attended to his job and left the well alone.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-11-03 17:29  

#6  All’s well that ends well.
Posted by: Airandee    2018-11-03 17:01  

#5  LOL, Ed.
"Idris 'Timmy' Alkali"
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-03 11:46  

#4  Well, that certainly shortened the pension obligation.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-11-03 07:38  

#3  Not mentioned was who found the body.
Lassie.
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-11-03 07:10  

#2  Although no medical test had been done to confirm if the body parts found were actually that of Mr Alkali,

Perhaps a simple pH test would do?
Posted by: Classer   2018-11-03 02:11  

#1  The Nigerian Army on Wednesday explained how it found the body of a missing general, Idris Alkali

Weren't they hyping this guy to be the next James Bond or something?

/sarc
Posted by: Raj   2018-11-03 00:32  

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