A Nigerian soldier has been killed by unknown hoodlums after being lured out by a lady in Benue state.

The deceased identified as Lance Corporal Mustapha Musa, a member of the Nigerian Army ordinance Corp and an Alumni of Computer Science department, Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi state – was gruesomely murdered on Tuesday 17th of July,2018 at about 8:30PM while on a course at the Nigerian Army Institute of Engineering and Environmental Studies(NAITES) in Makurdi, Benue State.

According to Abdlkabir Bamaiyi Musa, a close friend to the deceased who shared the news, the 30-year-old soldier was said to be lured out of his hostel by unknown lady and shot dead. The whereabouts of the unidentified lady is yet to be known.

Investigations are reportedly underway to apprehend his killers.