The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it has dismissed three soldiers for their alleged involvement in kidnapping, armed robbery and cultism in Borno State.
Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi, made the disclosure during a press briefing at army headquarters in Maimalari cantonment.
The three dismissed soldiers, Adeniyi said were arrested in a hotel in Maiduguri alongside 25 others, believed to be members of a notorious cult group terrorizing the state capital.
According to him, the arrest was made possible by a Joint Task Force including local hunters, the police, the NSCDC, DSS and the Army following a tip off.
The state Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Ndatsu, said the Force has found the suspects guilty of criminal conspiracy and unlawful assembly.
Items recovered from them include mobile sets, ID cards, calabashes, water pots containing red contents believed to be human blood and a sticker with an inscription that suggests a cult group affiliation.
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