Alleged infidelity: Army launches probe into soldier’s murder of wife, own death

By Kingsley Omonobi

Following reports that a serving worker successful Niger State, Lance Corporal Femi Akenleye, murdered his woman and killed himself implicit suspicion of infidelity, the Nigerian Army has ordered an probe to unravel the existent circumstances that led to the incident.

According to sources, the worker who was connected work took support from his superiors to spell location and be to an urgent contented but did not driblet his weapon, got home, opened occurrence connected his woman and aboriginal killed himself.

A connection by Captain Stephen Nwankwo, Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Ilorin, titled “Soldier Commits Murder, Kills Self At Wawa Cantonment”, announced the investigation.

It reads, “The 22 Armoured Brigade, Nigerian Army (NA), is alert of the quality successful respect of its personnel, Lance Corporal Akenleye Femi, serving astatine 221 Battalion, Wawa Cantonment, who is suspected to person killed his woman and committed suicide.

“The tragic incidental which occurred connected 11 October 2025 astatine Wawa Cantonment, Niger State, has caused a tense atmosphere, leaving the barracks residents successful daze arsenic to the circumstances that could person led to specified an unfortunate incident.

‘Lance Corporal Femi and his woman were abruptly recovered dormant successful their flat astatine Block 15, Room 24, Corporals and Below Quarters, Wawa Cantonment.

‘Preliminary probe revealed that the worker was connected work wrong the Cantonment and had sought support from his superior to be to idiosyncratic needs and instrumentality to duty.

“This followed the find of the dormant bodies lying successful their apartment.

“The remains of the deceased person been preserved, portion an in-depth probe has since commenced to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the tragic incident.

“The NA profoundly regrets this, portion it commiserates with the family, colleagues, and friends of the deceased implicit the achy loss.

“The service besides prays for the peaceful repose of their souls.

“The Commander of the 22nd Armoured Brigade, Brigadier General Ezra Barkins, assures the wide nationalist that the circumstances that led to the bittersweet incidental volition beryllium thoroughly investigated, and the result relayed to the wide nationalist accordingly.

“The NA anticipates maximum knowing and practice of the nationalist arsenic always, assuring that the result of the probe volition not lone beryllium made nationalist but besides beryllium further scrutinised, and measures volition beryllium enactment successful spot to debar aboriginal occurrences.”

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