Orladue Shidi was accused of being a blood relative of notorious gang leader Terwase Akwaza, alias ‘Gana,’ his family said.
It was unclear whether or not the soldiers that were mysteriously killed on October 25 have anything to do with ongoing military plots to cover up official complicity in Lekki massacre.
Some of the items recovered from the robbers included two locally made long guns, six cartridges and a locally made pistol.
Military and civil authorities under the Buhari administration have been rendering false accounts of what transpired on October 20.
![Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Yusuf Buratai. [CREDIT: Thisday]](https://gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Buratai-1.jpg)
Mr. Lawan’s silence could play into the hands of his critics, who have long ridiculed his leadership as a ‘rubber stamp’ of the Buhari administration.
![Nigerian Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. [CREDIT: Senate Twitter handle]](https://gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Ahmed-Lawan.jpg)
One soldier killed, six wounded as troops repel B’Haram attack, capture equipment in Yobe
Nigerian soldiers chasing members of separatist IPOB have killed dozens of residents in an Igbo-dominated community.
The global rights group demands an urgent investigation of the killings, which threw the nation into an overnight chaos.
