The Nigerian Army says the charred remains of a dead man pulled out of the Du Pond in Jos, where a joint task force is looking a missing officer is not that of Major General Idris Alkali.
The Army’s website said, “The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a charred body purported to be that of the missing Major General IM Alkali rtd.
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“The Nigerian Army wishes to state that the information is false and hereby dissociates itself from the viral picture.
“Meanwhile, the COAS LT Gen TY Buratai has commended the task force that recovered the vehicle of the senior officer from the DU pond.
“He has however charged them to redouble their efforts towards unraveling the whereabouts of the retired senior officer.”
Source: HQ Nigerian Army website.
