An investigation has revealed the involvement of a junior military officer in the tragic killing of a woman within the premises of the 82nd (Airborne and Amphibious) Division of the Nigerian Army on Friday, April 12.
The alleged perpetrator, Private Mohammed Adamu, bearing service number 21NA/80/0365, has been identified in connection with the stabbing death of the woman, who was wearing a hijab at the time.
According to information from two senior military officials, the suspect, previously associated with Boko Haram, had purportedly repented and subsequently joined the Civilian Joint Task Force. Later, in 2021, he was enlisted into the Nigerian Army.
It’s noteworthy that the Nigerian Army integrated 400 members of the civilian JTF into its ranks between 2020 and 2021 to bolster efforts against Boko Haram insurgents.
SaharaReporters reports that a source said, “The suspect behind the murder of Miss Hauwa, the hijab woman is 21NA/80/0365 Pte Mohammed Adamu of 82Div legal services.”
“Unfortunately, Pte Mohammed Adamu is a repented Boko Haram member who after his repentance joined the civilian JTF. It was from being a CJTF that he was enlisted into the Army in the year 2021.
“Investigation revealed that Miss Hauwa and Pte Mohammed Adamu were both lovers and from same town in Biu local government area of Borno state. He, Pte Mohammed Adamu paid her transport to come over to Enugu and killed her. He is currently in custody of the military police and his statement has been taken in which he confessed to the act.
“The late Hauwa was pregnant for Pte Adamu Mohammed before he slit her throat, stabbed her belly multiple times and tied her up in the bush near the 82Div officers quarters, on the early hours of Friday 12th of April.
“In his statement, Pte Mohammed Adamu claimed that the pregnancy the late Hauwa was carrying wasn’t his own, and he is not ready to father any child yet and he lured her out.”
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The Nigerian army had denied recruiting ex-Boko Haram into the military, the source said, “Not everything the army headquarters will agree to, we in the system understand better.
“These are the people we work with every day. They repent first and join the CJTF, it’s from the CTJF that they do join the military. That’s how it’s being done, not that they do join immediately after repentance.
“We have lots of them, one of the guys in my unit then, late Pte Abdalla from Yobe State was a repented boko Haram.”
Another source also confirmed the arrest of Adamu as the killer of the pregnant woman.
“I know Mohammed Adamu is in custody of the military police and has narrated that he killed miss Hauwa and stabbed the baby in her stomach,” he said.
“Adamu is the bathman to Major HY Shehu, the persecuting counsel and also DDLS of 82 Division. He killed her with pregnancy over alleged infidelity and her body has been deposited at the 82 division military hospital.
“The body was discovered by the daughter of Lieutenant A Jackson on her way to meet her dad in the farm.”
The Nigerian Army has declined to provide any official statement regarding the incident.
