The army said the attention of the Brigade was drawn to the incident through an online publication alleging that the soldier killed a truck driver who refused to bribe him. The 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin, has set up a Regimental Board of Enquiry into circumstances that allegedly led a soldier to kill a man for refusing to bribe him at a checkpoint.A statement issued in Benin on Saturday, December 16, 2017, by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Capt. Mohammed Maidawa, said the brigade’s attention had been drawn to the incident.Maidawa said the attention of the Headquarters of the Brigade was drawn to the incident through an online publication alleging that the soldier killed a truck driver who refused to bribe him at a checkpoint.He said the incidence allegedly occurred at a checkpoint manned by troops of 195 Battalion on Agbor Road.The Army spokesman said it was alleged that the soldier killed the driver over the deceased’s refusal to give bribe at a checkpoint.
