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Shuaibu Rabi, one of the suspected killers of Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (Rtd) has opened up why the former Chief of Defence Staff was murdered.

The suspect confessed he took part in the murder of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff because they wanted to rob him.

Rabi said this while being interrogated by policemen in Hausa language.

Our correspondent obtained a video clip of the interrogation on Thursday.

The suspect said he and his friends received information that Badeh was in possession of a huge sum of money which he wanted to use in purchasing a parcel of land in Nasarawa State.

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The 25-year-old suspect said after killing Badeh, he and his friends stole a bag which contained a huge sum of money.

Rabi said, “What happened was that, on a certain day, my elder brother went to a market, where he met with one Churuma.

Churuma told him that he got information that an old soldier (Badeh) wanted to buy a parcel of land but would be buying the land in cash.

See the video:

Video Source: The Punch NG

“He said we would trail the soldier on that day and we would block him and collect the money. So, on that day, when we saw him coming Churuma signalled to us that it was him. Some of us stayed behind his vehicle in case he would want to reverse while Churuma stayed in front.

“But when he (Badeh) saw Churuma with a gun, he did not do like he wanted to reverse, he attempted to hit Churuma with his car but Churuma dodged to the side and then opened fire on him.

“After that, we opened the car and found a bag of money and went with it. When they opened the bag, the money was beyond what I had ever seen before.”

The Punch NG

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