Police arrest NAF personnel, others over alleged torture, death of filling station staff in Kaduna
By: Zagazola Makama
The Nigerian Police Force(NPF) in Kaduna have arrested two Nigerian Air Force personnel and two civilians in connection with the alleged torture and death of a filling station staff in Kaduna.
Police sources confirmed to Zagazola Makama that on April 30, 2025, one Amina Abdurrazaq, 40, Manager of Albash Filling Station, Airport Road, Kaduna, reported a case of criminal misappropriation involving her staff, Joseph Isaac Fada, 28.
She alleged that Fada misappropriated ₦335,522.00 from fuel sales and handed him over to personnel at a military checkpoint for investigation.
Fada was allegedly detained overnight by the personnel of the 413 Force Protection Group, Nigerian Air Force, where he was reportedly tortured to an unconscious state. He was later taken to a patent medicine store, where he died while receiving treatment.
Following a transfer of the case from the Airport Division, the police arrested NAF personnel Sgt Achibong Friday Udoh and LCPL Ayodele Glory Blessing along with Amina Abdurrazaq and Maryam, 51, the owner of the patent medicine store.
Police sources said that the suspects have been transferred for detailed investigation, while the body of the deceased has been deposited for autopsy.
