By Fikayo Olowolagba The Nigerian Army has reacted as a top officer, Major Udiandeye Jeremiah Udiadenye, committed suicide. Report...
By Fikayo Olowolagba
The Nigerian Army has reacted as a top officer, Major
Udiandeye Jeremiah Udiadenye, committed suicide.
Reports said Major Udiadenye reportedly took his own life in
Kaduna State as he was being investigated by the army.
Reacting, the army in a statement signed by Brigadier
General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations said Udiadenye had
“an unblemished career” and was “never court-martialed” before his death.
He stated that the late officer, who sadly terminated his
life in Kaduna State, never needed to face any disciplinary process.
Part of the statement read, “The Nigerian Army (NA) has
observed an obnoxious insinuation making the rounds on social media, alleging
that late Major Udiandeye Jeremiah Udiadenye, terminated his life through
suicide because he was being interrogated or investigated by a military
court-martial in 1 Division, Kaduna.
“Having lost one of its finest officers, the authorities of
the Nigerian Army feel deeply concerned that unscrupulous persons under
whatever guise would employ such sad occurrence to malign their own Army.
Nevertheless, for the sake of posterity, it needs be mentioned that the late
senior officer had an unblemished career in the military and never needed to
face any disciplinary process.”
The army has set up a Board of Inquiry has been instituted
to ascertain the cause of his death to forestall a recurrence.
Until his demise, Major Udiadenye was the Commanding Officer
of 167 Special Forces Battalion at Giri in the FCT from where he led special
operations to various commands including 1 Division.
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