Tag: badeh
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Badeh: Court martial sentences six NAF personnel for failing to protect late CDS
The General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the NAF Base, Abuja, has sentenced six Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Friday…
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BREAKING: Six NAF personnel sentenced for murder of ex-CDS Badeh
Six Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, have been awarded various sentences by the General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the NAF Base, Bill Clinton Drive, Abuja. The six NAF personnel, who were standing trial for various offences are:…
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I was paid N25,000 after killing Badeh – Suspect confesses
Shuaibu Rabi, One of the prime suspects nabbed in connection with the killing of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice-Marshal Alex Badeh, said he was paid N25,000. Recall that Air Vice-Marshal Badeh was killed on December 18 last year by hoodlums who attacked his convoy on the Keffi- Kaduna Expressway while he was returning…
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Former CDS, Alex Badeh for burial January 23
The late Ex-Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Alex Badeh, will be buried on January 23 at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. According to a statement by John Agim, a brigadier general and the Acting Director Defence Information, DDI, the remains of late CDS will be committed to mother earth at 12.30 p. m. after…
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FG approaches court for final forfeiture of Badeh’s six houses, $1m
The Federal Government has taken steps to ensure final forfeiture of six houses, including a mall all located in Abuja and $1million allegedly recovered from the late ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. Acting on behalf of the government, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has applied at a Federal High…
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Court ordersforfeiture of N263m recovered from witness in Alex Badeh’s trial
Justice I. E. Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the interim forfeiture of N263 million recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from one of the prosecution witnesses in the N3.9 billion fraud trial of late Alex Badeh. Late Mr Badeh was a four-star flag officer of the Nigerian Air…
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Why we killed Badeh – 25-year-old robbery suspect
An armed robbery suspect, Shuaibu Rabi, says he took part in the murder of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), because they wanted to rob him. Rabi said this while being interrogated by policemen in Hausa language. The suspect said he and his friends received information that Badeh…
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Police arrest two suspected killers of ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh
Two suspects have been reportedly arrested in connection with the murder of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The suspects are ‘murder contractor’ who reportedly hired the assailants and the one who is said to have pulled the trigger. It was also gathered that Badeh was killed on Keffi-Abuja road…
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Badeh: Gunmen release Ex-military chief’s abducted friend
The abducted friend of former Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.) has been released by gunmen. It is understood that Badeh’s friend was released after his family reportedly paid a ransom. Badeh was shot dead on the evening of December 18, 2018, while returning from his farm. His Tundra Toyota truck…
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Murder: Police, NAF intensify probe, grill Badeh’s security aides, domestic staff, others
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have intensified investigations into the murder of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The concerned security agencies have been cross-examining the security detail and workers of the former CDS. A top military source who spoke on condition of…