The police have provided a lead into the murder of former Chief of Defence Staff, ACM Alex Badeh (rtd) as an armed robbery suspect, Shuaibu Rabi, has confessed that his gang killed him.
According to a trending video published by The Punch, 25-year-old Rabi made the confession while being interrogated by police in Hausa language.
Rabi confessed that his gang attacked and killed Badeh after it got a tip that the ex-soldier was in possession of huge sum of money that he wanted to use to pay for a piece of land in Nasarawa State.
Recall that Badeh was shot dead while returning from his farm along the Abuja-Keffi Road on December 18.
The suspect said his gang later made away with a huge sum of money after killing Badeh.
Rabi explained how the incident went down: “One day, Yaya, my elder brother, went to Gitata market and met Ciroma who gave him a hint that the retired general (Badeh) had bought new farmland and he was bringing the money on a particular day.”
The suspect said that Ciroma then told Yaya that they should plan on how to go and rob them of the money. He said on the day of the incident, they laid an ambush along the road. He said it was Ciroma who confirmed Badeh’s vehicle when it was approaching.
“We blocked the road. And some of us were trailing his car. When he reached us, he (Badeh) did not show any intention of turning back. In fact, he acted as if he was going to knock Ciroma down. When Ciroma realised that, he jumped off the road and opened fire on him (Badeh),” he said.
“After that, we opened the car and found a bag of money and went with it. When they opened the bag, the money was beyond what I had ever seen before.”
He confessed that the money was in local currency.
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Before his death, Badeh was being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for illegally diverty N3 billion from the Nigerian Air Force’s account.
The ex-CDS had forfeited assets and cash to the Federal Government, while his bank accounts had been frozen by the EFCC.