The Commandant of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Secondary School, Jaji, O.O. Ogundana, who had gone missing, was found dead and her body dumped inside a shallow well, military sources have told PREMIUM TIMES.

She was allegedly killed by a man who also works as a teacher in the school where Ms Ogundana was the Commandant.

PREMIUM TIMES last week published an exclusive report about the missing officer whose disappearance was confirmed four days after she was last seen in her work place.

The principal suspect, named Simon Bernard, according to our sources, claimed to have been in an extra marital affair with the deceased officer.

The suspect, who allegedly confessed to the murder, said he did it because she betrayed his trust by removing him as the chairman of the school’s Parent Teachers Association. He also allegedly accused her of failing to fulfill a N2.5 million promise she made to him.

The military authorities in Jaji had launched a search for Ms Ogundana, a commander, since Monday when it was discovered that she had gone missing.

Body discovered in a well

After days of search by the military officials, the decomposing body of the missing officer was found on Sunday. The body was discovered in a shallow well bagged in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bag.

“It was at 12.45 p.m. on Sunday that the decomposing body of late Commander OO Ogundana was recovered in Agwanloyo by the railway inside an abandoned shallow well near Deeper life Church in Jaji Cantonment,” a top military official briefed on the matter, said.

The source said three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Ms Ogundana.

“One of the suspects is Mr Bernard Simon, a teacher at Command Secondary School Jaji and one Mr Ibrahlm Maman. Both are currently still under investigation and in custody for further investigation,” he said.

The source said the two suspects are being held in custody alongside a ‘barrack boy’ who used to work for the late officer.

“She was killed, forced into a Ghana-must-Go bag and dropped in a well at Anguwan Loya, here in Jaji,” he said.

How the Killers were arrested

According to the military sources, the suspects were nabbed at the point they wanted to dispose the Toyota Highlander car of the deceased officer

After killing the officer, one of the suspects, Ibrahim Maman, was said to have driven the SUV to Kaduna with the hope of selling it.