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“As early as 4 am the
next day, we embarked on an onward movement to Otukpa and the journey was
smooth until we got to a place called Atlo, after Otukpo.
“We saw a military check-point by 6am with about 5 soldiers on Nigeria
army uniform, fully armed, flagging down our car and we parked”, a family
source disclosed to our correspondent.
Speaking further, the
source said
“We thought they were genuine soldiers because they were fully kitted
with Army Uniform and carrying weapons. They also blocked the federal road with
logs of wood and lanterns on both sides of the road, to send signals to passer
by it was a military or police check-point.
“One of them jumped in our vehicle and asked the driver to move
towards a path in the bush while the rest unknown’ soldiers’ follows suit on leg.
“They took us to a the
bush and dispossessed us of a large sum of money and all our belongings,
including a professional video camera and photo camera with the memory card
which had in it all our marriage activities yesterday”.
He said the matter has
been reported at the Otukpo Police Area Command.
