Stolen N400m: Nigerian Army Arrest And Detain Wife And Children Of Fleeing Soldier

“Investigations so far showed that this was not the first time that the escort soldiers had conveyed such a huge amount of money for the officer. The soldiers all left their mobile phones in the vehicle, which has made tracking them difficult.”

“Ayo’s husband is a soldier and he was deployed in Sokoto State. We learnt that that was not the first time they were escorting money on the instructions of their boss, so they decided to abscond with the money.
“We learnt that they dropped their uniforms, guns and phones. It was through Ayo husband’s phone that they got her number. They probably sent the information to the division here in Ondo and that was how she was arrested. We learnt that the wife of the other four soldiers had escaped.
“It’s been two weeks since Ayo and her children have been in detention. They won’t allow us to see them and they did not allow them to change clothes; they just kept on telling us that she was not being maltreated. We are worried; one of her children is just about a year old.
“They said the victims were being detained because they could not find her husband and probably she was in touch with him. She said she had not seen or heard from her husband, but they said maybe he would come out if Ayo and her children were held. We cannot speak with her; it is  one of the soldiers guarding her that we speak to.”
When the Brigade’s Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Captain Victor Olukoya, was contacted, he said he was not at the base, adding that he would get back to our correspondent when he returned.
“I am not on the ground at the moment, I am attending a course. Anything you want to say, wait till I come back; I will let you know when I come back,”