A
60-year-old man, Ibrahim Bulama, was allegedly beaten to death by two Air Force
men during a clash over a prostitute at a red light zone in Maiduguri.Some
residents of the town who spoke anonymously with our correspondent, said one of
the Air Force men, Lance Corporal Kamal Usman, had a disagreement with the old
man at the red light zone.
Some youths
in the area supported the old man and beat up the Air Force man, who
subsequently went to reinforce, bringing another colleague of his.They said the
two Air Force men engaged the old man, beating him to a pulp. He allegedly died
later of the injuries he sustained during the encounter.
Briefing
journalists on the incident on Thursday in his office, the 105 Composite
Commander, Air Commodore Charles Ohwo, said that, “Preliminary investigation
revealed that, on Wednesday December 7, 2016, an airman, Lance Corporal Kamal
Usman, left his duty post at about 10pm, and on his way home, came across some
gathering in Okona Hotel, and in an attempt to find out what was wrong, the
crowd got scared and took to their heels.
“When he
decided to check the surroundings to find out what scared the crowd, he entered
one room and found a woman lying on a bed.“Unfortunately,
the deceased old man, Bulama, mobilised some people and came back to the hotel
and attacked him from the back with machete, inflicting serious injuries on
Lance Corporal Kamal Usman’s head and also snatched his rifle.
“On sensing
danger, the Lance Corporal left and mobilised his fellow colleague for
assistance. Upon arrival at the scene, the two Air Force men descended on the
old man, and beat him to death in the process of recovering Usman’s rifle.“The airman
is now recuperating at the Air Force medical facility in Maiduguri, while his
colleague who was involved in the incident have been detained, pending further
investigation,” Ohwo said.
While
appealing to the general public to be calm, Ohwo, who said the Air Force was
not discountenancing the rumour that the injured airman was attacked while
raping a woman, assured that the case would be thoroughly investigated, and
whoever is found guilty will be punished accordingly, as the “Nigerian Air
Force is a credible organisation which does not want its name to be dragged
into mud.”When our
correspondent visited the hospital, the injured airman, who was chained to the
bed, had several cuts on his head.
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