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Speaker 1: Family of Stephen obum Neme and Wosu has accused the

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Armed Forces of Nigeria AFN, led by General Olifemi Oliadae,

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the Nigeria Chief of Defense Staff, of attempted acts to

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cover up a soldier who allegedly murdered a young man,

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Stephen obum Neme and Wosu on February fourteen, twenty twenty six,

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Valentine’s Day along Beni en Agbor Road around Amufi Junction

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in Edo State. This according to the family member, who

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pleaded for her names not to be mentioned in the press,

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said her brother was shot dead by the soldier after

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the deceased refused to hand over his car key to

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the soldier as demanded, saying her brother only went out

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with his friend she identified as Godwin Coco to get

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chicken feed when they encountered the soldier at the failed

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portion of the road that is currently under construction, saying

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the Nigerian Army has refused to disclose the names of

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the soldier who allegedly committed the act of murder or

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take appropriate lawful actions against the suspective murderer and in

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a swift reaction when our reporter contacted the public relations

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officer of four Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Captain Kennedy

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and Yan Muvara phone call on Thursday evening. The military

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authority said it is not true that the soldier in

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question has not been identified, saying the matter has been settled.

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And when our reporter demanded to know how the alleged

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murder case was settled with the family, the military authority

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refused to give details. Also, when our reporter contacted the

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Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force public Relations

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Officer ASP no Acodium, the police authority said the matter

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is under investigation and there is no way such matter

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can be swept under the carpet. According to the bereaved

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family member, on the fourteenth of February twenty twenty six,

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at about ten a m my brother, Stephen obum Neme

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and Wosu went to get chicken feed with his friend

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Godwin Coco along the bas Uine Agbor Express Road, the

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failed portion that is under construction at Amufi Junction in Benin, Citi,

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Edo State. Specifically, the friends said they were discussing and

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did not see the road demarcation on time and when

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they sighted it and were about to reverse. A soldier

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blocked them and told them to hand over the car key,

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but they told him that they are sorry and will

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turn back, so immediately he started turning the car. That

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got the soldier angry and the soldier started following him.

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My brother reversed the car and joined the other lane,

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and from the side mirror, my brother noticed that the

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soldier was running towards them. At this time, there were

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two on a bike, but one left while the soldier

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that they had the conversation with was still following them

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with the bike man. At this point, he started using

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his belt on the car and even shot at the car,

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but my brother and his friend were still driving, and

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when they got to hold up, they packed at a

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fuel station and started running by foot. While they were running,

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the soldier fired shots at them, and the bullet landed

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on my brother’s leg, and on a closed range, the

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soldier shot him again on the same leg. People around

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said that when the soldier shot my brother again at

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close range, they gathered him, but the soldier told them

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that the boy he shot was a robber, so they

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did not touch the soldier man. The soldier was the

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same person that carried the victim to the hospital. But

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the hospital they mentioned. When we went there, the doctor

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said he had no such patient. We the family wants

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to hear the soldier’s side of the story and who

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sent him to murder that young man with bright future,

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with a pregnant wife and a two years old child,

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and his aged mother, the only male child in my family,

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the only one that speaks for us. We are fine, girls.

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This is too painful for us. We all died that

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same day. Don’t know if we can bear this Lassou.

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We just want to get the soldiers name Barrick he

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is from. Indeed, Nigeria has happened to us. We had

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access to see his body on the fifteenth of February

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twenty twenty six. I think there are many stories about this,

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one which only the soldier and police needs to give.

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I need justice for my brother. That same mortuary that

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the police said we can’t visit that the fourteenth of February.

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I have visited it many times since that fifteenth. They

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showed us the place. So much evil is happening with

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our security offices. A guy with the two years old

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child and a pregnant wife just three years in marriage.

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What should I explain to his wife, a lot is

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going on under the military uniforms. Ledi buingin Bryni in

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the mortgage is our way