A former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Chief Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, has been shot dead.
He was said to have been killed with his driver on the Abuja-Keffi highway. He was 61.
According to a top military source, Badeh was returning from his farm when his vehicle came under attack.
The source said the ex-CDS was without a military escort expected of his rank because he went to his farm.
It was learnt that the late Air Chief Marshal was rushed to a hospital at the military cantonment popularly called Abacha Barracks, where he was pronounced dead.
A statement by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) also confirmed Air Chief Marshal Badeh’s death.
The ex-CDS was killed barely a month to the opening of his defence on the alleged N3.97billion fraud preferred against him by the Federal Government.
The court fixed January 16, 2019 for his defence after his application for a no-case submission failed.
