JUST IN: Army finds body of missing General Alkali

The Nigeria Army has recovered the body of Maj.- Gen. Idris Alkali (rtd), the immediate past Chief of Administration, Army Headquarters Abuja.

Alkali went missing on his way to Bauchi after leaving Abuja in the morning of September 3.

Consequently, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai, set up an operation to search for the missing general.

The army said that after a thorough search and investigation, they narrowed their search to a mining pond in Dura-Du in Jos South local government of Plateau.

After two weeks of draining water from a pond,  the car of the missing general and two other cars were recovered from the pond.

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Brig. Gen. Umar Mohammed, Garrison Commander 3  Division Nigeria Army, said that they were led to the location by one of those earlier arrested in connection with the crime.

He said that the operation was jointly carried out by men of the Nigeria Police and the Fire Service.

Umar said that with the recovery of the body,  they were left with one task to ensure that those declared wanted in connection with the crime were brought to book.

“The COAS gave us three terms of reference, to get the missing senior officer dead or alive,  to recover his car and to ensure that those who committed the crime were punished.

“We have today fulfilled the second condition, we will not rest until we meet the third.

“We want to assure those that are on the run to know that we are on their trail and we must get them,” he vowed.

The  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the remains of the missing general were moved into an ambulance after the military parade by his course mates.