More facts have emerged about the tragic
abduction of the late Colonel Samaila Inusa, who
was killed by the gunmen who kidnapped him
penultimate Saturday.
abduction of the late Colonel Samaila Inusa, who
was killed by the gunmen who kidnapped him
penultimate Saturday.
As the Army authorities continue with their
discret and diligent investigation to unmask the
identities of the perpetrators of the dastardly
act, it was has learnt from a reliable source that
it was Inusa’s wife, who was driving the family’s
Mercedes Benz GLK car with registration number,
Abuja KUJ 154 TZ on that fateful day, when they
were intercepted on the Kaduna-Abuja road.
When the news of the abduction broke, it had
been erroneously reported that the slain colonel
was driving the car.
It was told by a source on condition of
anonymity that the slain colonel had gone to
visit his in-laws at Mahuta area, near NNPC
junction, Kaduna. After the visit, his wife took
over the steering wheel while her husband sat
beside her.
According to the source, as they drove along, the
wife was said to have noticed that a car was
trailing behind her. But for some reason, she did
not consider this as something serious that
would warrant alerting her husband.
She was also quoted to have said that within a
few minutes, the car behind her sped up and
overtook their car and blocked their path.
Immediately too, a second car following behind
drove up very close. The two cars made it
impossible for them to either go forward or
reverse.
In a flash, some men came down from the two
cars and dragged her out of her car in the semi
darkness and drove off with her husband.
Many sympathisers lamented over the abduction
and murder of the colonel, which tragically cut
short his rising profile of a brilliant military
career, which had taken him outside the country
at some point in his life.
Remarking on the sad incident, another security
source who also pleaded for anonymity said: “In
such unexpected scenario, (referring to the
abduction) there is nothing an army officer can
do with his personal service pistol because you
are mobbed unexpectedly by strange persons
that are well armed. At that, it is even dangerous
to disclose your identity.”
As would be expected, the burial of the late col
onel at the old Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)
burial ground in Kaduna, evoked emotions.
Younger brother of Inusa, Mustapha Inusa,
commenting on the life and times of his elder,
said: “My brother was a very gentle person, even
as a soldier. He could not hurt a fly, but whoever
killed him, we leave everything to God.
Judgement Day will come one day.”
Born in 1972 in Nasarawa Local Government
Area of Kano State, Col. Inusa attended Ramat
Special Primary School from 1979 to 1985 and
proceeded to Ahmadiyya Secondary School,
Kano, where he obtained his West African School
Certificate in 1991.
The late Col. Inusa gained admission into the
Nigerian Defence Academy in 1992 as a member
of the 44th Regular Course and passed out in
1997 with a Bachelor’s degree in Biological
Science.
He was Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the Vice
President of Sierra Leone. He was promoted to
the rank of colonel last year. Until he was
gruesomely murdered by the abductors, he was a
chief instructor at the Nigerian Army School of
Infantry, Jaji, near Kaduna.
-The Sun
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