Th e body of late Lance Corporal Benjamin Collins, who was tortured to death by three senior army officers at the Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, in 2017 has been buried by Nigerian army.
Collins was laid to rest on Wednesday 16th of September 2020 with full military honours at the Guards Brigade cemetery along Kubwa Expressway by soldiers from the Army Headquarters Garrison Battalion, after legal battle by the families member to see justice is served for the unjust killing of the promising young Nigerian army soldieds.
Among people that attend the funeral is his mother, Mrs Kate Dioma, his uncle, Justice Daniel Isiagor of the Federal High Court, lawyer, Dr Johnson Oyewole, who fought to see justice is served and representatives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai.
The national flag was presented to the deceased’s mother by Lt. Col. S. Shuaibu on behalf of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The lawyer, Oyewole, who fought to ensure justice is served for the deceased, thanked the Chief of army staff and the Army Headquarters Garrison Battalion for approving the funeral.
The senior officers involved in the killing were on February February this year to 10 years imprisonment by army general court Martial. The sentenced officers are: Majors Akeem Oseni and Ogbemudia Osawe, and Second Lieutenant Nuhu Dogary.
The officers were found guilty of manslaughter by the GMC comprised of the President, Brig. Gen. G. Umelo; Brig. Gen. S. Aliyu; Brig. Gen, A. Edet; Brig. N. Mohammed; and Cols. K. Ndamadu, T. Agbor, and I. Tanko.
The convicts were said to have moved Collins from a guardroom at Mogadishu Barracks to a bush near the Ihejirika Quarters along the Abuja-Nyanya Expressway, where he was assaulted while in handcuffs and leg chains.
Collins, who hailed from Rivers State, died after the assault, which took place on February 23, 2017, and his corpse was deposited in Asokoro General Hospital morgue.
After the incident, the officers reported to their superiors that Collins, who was held for over two years for travelling to Lagos to see his sick aunt without official permission, had escaped from custody. ,,
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