Drunk soldier crushes General to death in Lagos Barracks

The Director of Finance of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Brigadier-General O.A. James, is dead.

The General was killed on Tuesday night in Lagos after a drunk corporal, Abayomi Edun, ran into him.

Brig.-Gen. James was walking to his residence at the NAFRC Old Barracks in Lagos when the drunk corporal hit him.

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The top officer was rushed to the NAFRC Medical Centre where he was confirmed dead.

“Brig.-Gen. James left his office in the night. On his way trekking to his apartment inside the barracks, he was knocked down by the drunk soldier.

“The soldier also resides inside the barracks. The corporal was seen driving recklessly before hitting the senior officer,” a source was quoted.

Corporal Edun has been detained by NAFRC provost marshals.

The General had first and second degrees in Accounting and Finance. He was a fellow of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) and held memberships of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Nigerian Institute of Directors (MIoD), Chartered Institute of Taxation (ACTI), and the National Institute (mni).

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