The Nigerian army captain who allegedly ordered the killing of three policemen in Taraba state following the arrest of Hamisu Wadume, the kidnap kingpin, had 191 phone conversations with the suspect.
According to Vanguard, Police authorities who unearthed the call log in the course of investigation into the circumstances surrounding the killing of its officers, believe the captain was the suspect’s payroll.
According to the report, “telephone conversations between Wadume and the army captain were about 191 within the space of one month between July 9, 2019, and August 6, 2019.”
A source told the publication that the army officer now in custody “might have been providing cover for the kidnapper” who the police authorities have been hunting for years.
The captain is said to be undergoing interrogation at the defence headquarters alongside the five army personnel said to have opened fire on the policemen.
According to the report, “The arrested soldiers confessed that they received orders to attack the policemen from the captain, whom they said informed them that Wadume had been kidnapped and was being transported in a silver-coloured Toyota Hiace Bus.
“A source at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, told Vanguard that the soldiers claimed that they acted squarely on the orders of the captain, being their superior officer.
“But Police sources at Force Headquarters Abuja, disclosed that the police authorities have established strong links between the army captain and the notorious kidnapper, alleging that the army captain was on the kidnapper’s payroll.”
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