Breaking: Gunmen behead Nigeria Army couple on way to Imo

Suspected gunmen on Saturday reportedly beheaded Nigerian Army couple while on their way to Imo State, South East Nigeria.

The couple identified as A.M. Linus, a Sergeant first class in the Army and his Lance Corporal wife were travelling to Imo State when the incident happened.

After they were shot, the criminals beheaded them and dispossessed them of their belongings before calling their family members to mock them.

Source within the military confirmed the ugly incident, saying he saw the video where the gunmen who refuse to show their faces putting the heads on the victims’ chests after the incident.

“It’s so sad that we soldiers are no safer, the man was a member of the 19 regular intakes while the wife was of the 79RI.

“They were on their way to Imo state on Saturday when the incident happened. You won’t believe these gunmen as we speak still used their phones to make calls to their family members, making jest of them and threatening to kill them as well.

According to the source, it wasn’t quite long the couple got married amid controversy.

“Though the man is married to another woman with grown-up kids, he suddenly eloped with this young soldier, I was told the girl also had kids before joining the army as well.

“The man still has a father, his brother is also a soldier working at a battalion in Kaduna. The lady was also raped before they were beheaded.”