Soldiers beat Man to Death, accuses him of stealing Car Battery
Soldiers of 7 Division of Nigerian Army attached to Wolf Officer Mess, GRA, Maiduguri, Borno State, have beaten and killed a young man, Opowgu Peter, after falsely accusing him of stealing generator battery.
According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred on Sunday evening when Peter’s car refused to start which promoted him to borrow a generator battery to start his can which he returned afterwards.
Peter was however accused of stealing the battery by the military men. He was brutalized and left to die.
The victim eventually died on Wednesday morning at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Three soldiers are said to have been arrested over the incident.
