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Widow of abducted general freed after his death

Security source contradicts official account of how General Rabe Abubakar's body was recovered after death in captivity.

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A security source has contradicted the initial account of how the body of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar was recovered after he died in captivity. The general and his wife were abducted on 30 May along the Marabar Musawa-Kafinsoli Road in Katsina State. Family members have questioned the credibility of the official cause of death, deepening the controversy surrounding the incident. The Nigerian army had previously freed the general's widow, Amina Abubakar, but the circumstances of the general's death and body recovery remain disputed.
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A security source now contradicts the initial account of how General Rabe Abubakar's body was recovered, and family members have questioned the official cause of death.

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