Abia Police Launch Manhunt Against Killers Of Soldier In Aba (Photos)

The Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Danladi Isa, on Friday confirmed the killing of an officer of the Nigerian Army identified as Lance Corporal David on November 21, 2025.

ABN TV had exclusively reported the killing, suspected to be cult-related, last month.

But responding to questions on the matter during his end-of-the-year media briefing in his office on Friday, Isa said he personally visited the area of Aba where the incident occurred, as part of the investigation.

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“The Police are on it. No culprit will be left unpunished”, the CP said.

He assured the  Abia public that his Command had activated a statewide security system to ensure the safety of lives and property, adding that a technology-based system had been installed to track suspected criminals.

CP Danladi, who said that his Command “encountered and decimated some non-state actors at various times”, further warned other non-state actors in Abia to embrace peace in their own interest or face the wrath of the law.

Lance Corporal David was trailed to his family home along Ngwa Road, Aba, where he was killed by the assailants in the presence of his family members.

The report has since been confirmed by eyewitnesses, and ABN TV has also obtained pictorial and video evidence of the killing.

The deceased, who hails from Ebonyi, was raised in Abia and had recently returned from a medical surgery before he was brutally murdered.

He was granted a pass to undergo the medical procedure before resuming work.

He served in the northern region before his redeployment to Port Harcourt.