The Senate Committee said the slain guards were on a mission to foil a robbery attack when they were killed by soldiers.
The Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions has narrated how some soldiers killed two local security guards on a mission to foil a robbery attack at 9th Mile, Udi Local Government area of
"One faithful day, precisely on Thursday, 29th June 2023, some members of the Eke Neighborhood watch, while attending an event at 9th Mile, Udi Local Government, Enugu state, received a distress call around 6 p.m. in the evening, that some hoodlums has blocked the road leading to Eke Community from the Nigerian Breweries Pic.
"On their way to the crime scene, they met a traffic gridlock around the AMA Breweries , which made it impossible for them to arrive at the crime scene with their Patrol vehicle, hence, they had no option but to proceed to the scene on foot.
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