Idris Alkali

Idris Alkali was a Nigerian retired Major general who was declared missing on 3 September 2018 and found dead on 31 October 2018. During his military career, he served as the Chief of Administration, Army Headquarters, Abuja. He started his education at Central Primary School, Potiskum. He was commissioned in 1986 and posted to Infantry Corps and was later redeployed to the Intelligence Corps. He was of the 34th Regular Course. He was of the Nigeria Army Armour Corps and became a major general in 2014. He retired from the Nigerian Army on 7 August 2018 after 35 years of service. On 2 September 2018, unknown gunmen attacked a shopping complex at Lafande community, Dura-Du district, Jos South, Plateau State. During the course of the attack, eleven people were killed, while several others were injured. Due to the attack, residents of the area started a protest the following morning. The protesters mostly youths, barricaded the roads during the protest and on the same morning, Alkali was traveling on his Toyota Corolla car to his farm without his driver and orderly, he traveled from Abuja to Bauchi State through the Jos road. The general was stopped and after he introduced himself, he was attacked and killed by the protesters, while his phones, cash and laptop were stolen. His body was later found in an abandoned well in a bush at Guchwet village in Shen Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. He was buried at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on 3 November 2018.