A viral video has shown Troops of the Nigerian army’s operation Hadin Kai have arrested one soldier for allegedly stealing and supplying ammunition to bandits.
The suspect, identified as Iorliam Emmanuel, is said to be working under the 156 task force battalion in Mainok, Borno state.
According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the soldier was caught in possession of ammunition on his way out of Maiduguri, the state capital.
In a video shared by the publication, soldiers were seen stripping the suspect of ammunition strapped to his body.
“All these ones don tey, they don rust,” a soldier said in reference to bullets that appeared to have been in the suspect’s possession for a while.
According to Zagazola Makama, the suspect who hails from Benue, regularly steals ammunition and supplies to criminal gangs across the country suspected to be bandits.
