A Washington-based group, International Strategic Studies Association, has stated that the death of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, and that of a former Chief of Administration of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Idris Alkali, was not a mere coincidence.
ISSA, a non-governmental organization with a worldwide membership of professionals involved in national and international security and strategic policy, stated in a special report on Friday that the two men were killed to hide what it described as the pattern of corruption in the current military leadership in the country.
Major Gen. Alkali was allegedly killed by a gang of protesting youths along Jos-Bauchi Road on September 3, while Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh was gunned down along the Abuja-Keffi Road by suspected assassins on December 18.
“The conduct of the war in the North is tied to the corruption in the military, and Buhari — ring-fenced by his own team — is unable to tackle the issue.
