Fathia Abiona
In April, Mr Achimugu Etubi, a hotel manager in Umuahia, Abia State, was tortured to death by army personnel after a Nigerian Air Force cadet, CDT Emmanuel Onyemereche, drowned in the hotel pool on April 9.
Initially, the police detained four hotel workers, including Etubi, for a night and then released them on bail.
However, on Friday, military officers, led by Major Inuwa, took the workers for further investigations. Fearing for his hotel, the owner released the workers to the military personnel.
Narrating the ordeal, the hotel owner, Steve Ihedigbo, said the workers were brutally beaten in the barracks. Etubi, unable to withstand the torture, collapsed and later died.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, stated on April 14 that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, had ordered a comprehensive investigation into the incident.