Drunk corporal knocks down, kills General inside barracks

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

The general died on Tuesday night from injuries he suffered after a corporal, Abayomi Ebun, believed to be drunk, hit him with a car, those familiar with the matter told PREMIUM TIMES.

The incident happened around 10.30pm on Tuesday as James was walking to his residence inside the NAFRC barracks in Lagos.

A source said, “The general was trekking to his apartment inside the Barracks when he was hit and knocked down by the drunk soldier.

“The soldier also resides inside the barracks and was seen driving recklessly before hitting the senior officer.”

It was learnt tjat the General was rushed to the NAFRC Medical Centre where he was confirmed dead.

The army corporal has since been arrested and is being detained by NAFRC provost marshals investigating the matter.

The Nigerian Army has yet to comment on the incident.

The mobile phone of the spokesperson for the Army, Onyema Nwachukwu, a Brigadier General, rand out, he has yet to return calls seeking comments.

Until his death, Brigadier General James was a senior member of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps. He had bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Accounting as well as a Master of Business Administration in Finance.