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Nigerian Army Keeps Mum As Wife Of Ex-Chief Faruk Yahaya Detains Soldier For Weeks Over 'Missing $50,000'


The Nigerian Army has kept a disturbing silence over the illegal detention and alleged torture of a young female soldier, Amina Sani Maidoki, who has been locked away for over six weeks on the orders of Salamatu Faruk Yahaya, wife of the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya (retd).

The 25-year-old soldier, who served as an aide-de-camp (ADC) to Mrs. Yahaya, was accused of stealing $50,000 from the ex-army chief’s residence in Abuja and has since been held incommunicado, without trial, access to legal representation, or any formal charge.

Despite growing outrage, the Nigerian Army has continued to look the other way.

When SaharaReporters ed the army spokesperson, Lt Col Onyinyechi Anele, earlier this month, she claimed ignorance of the matter and promised to investigate.

Since then, she has neither responded to further inquiries nor issued any official comment.

Family now say they are facing threats and harassment for demanding justice.

A family source added: “They stop everybody from visiting her. No trial even in the military way. The woman is just doing it unofficially.”

“She is still under illegal detention,” a relative told SaharaReporters.

“Her brother was there a few weeks ago because he was invited by them. They asked him to bring his bank statements and they saw nothing implicating there.”

“They invited him because they thought he helped Amina to steal the money, but they saw nothing to that effect.”

“But now, they’ve told us not to come again. The family has stopped visiting her entirely because of threats from the Nigerian Army,” the source added.

The situation has sparked fears of an orchestrated effort to scapegoat Amina for a crime no court has heard, no police authority has investigated, and for which no evidence has been made public.

A SaharaReporters' investigation had previously exposed how the young sergeant was summarily arrested from her duty post on April 3, 2025, and taken straight into custody on the orders of Mrs. Yahaya.

Sources said she was first detained at the former army chief’s residence before being moved to the guardroom at General Yakubu Gowon Barracks, Abuja.

“She was taken from their house straight into detention and later moved to a military facility where they torture her every day to force a confession,” a family member said.

“They’ve seized her belongings and insisted she must repay the money before she’s released.”

SaharaReporters also learnt that Salamatu Yahaya had warned soldiers around her not to allow the issue to "get to social media."

But as pressure mounts and hopes for justice dwindle, Amina’s relatives say they have been left with no choice but to speak out.

“Our daughter is being abused, her rights violated, and no one is saying anything,” a source close to the family said. “Even if they think she stole the money, why not charge her to court? Why torture her and hold her like a criminal without any proof?”

SaharaReporters saw that the army has neither issued a formal statement on the matter nor launched any transparent investigation.

Instead, it appears to be shielding the former first lady of the barracks, while a low-ranking female soldier bears the brunt of unlawful detention and cruel treatment.

Efforts by the family to seek legal redress have also hit a brick wall as they have been denied access to Amina and kept in the dark about her condition.

https://saharareporters.com/2025/05/27/nigerian-army-keeps-mum-wife-ex-chief-faruk-yahaya-detains-soldier-weeks-over-missing

Women don't really care about you, they care about what you can offer, it could be your attention, gifts, money, etc

U don't do things for a woman to love you, you make her do things to love you instead. Women are emotionally attached to where they have invested their money, emotions and resources on.

rayvelez:
She was fucking the late general that $50k was her compensation

How do you know this?

Everyone using power betow to dem

If there is no proof, abeg free the female. soldier. Even top authority are stealing more than this.

People dey chop money for Naija sha.
$50k is a lot of cash belonging to someone's wife in this economy.
Due process should be followed. Let the law take its full course.

This is why they will never want the insecurity problems to go away in Nigeria.

What is this woman doing with this kind of money?

What is her job with US dollars?

I know her ers will be angry with this statement, the same people who goes to church and mosque to pray and ask God to change things in Nigeria.


🤣🤣😎😎

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BlackViper:


https://saharareporters.com/2025/05/27/nigerian-army-keeps-mum-wife-ex-chief-faruk-yahaya-detains-soldier-weeks-over-missing

Wicked people. Why are wicked people in such high positions of power for Andromeda's sake?!

Where did she get that money from too,cunning man stole cunning man steal am

Let Mrs farouk come and explain where she got 50,000 dollars from.

All these Army generals' wife dem...........If they are not loaded with hard currencies, they are loaded with Raw GOLD worth millions of dollars....

You will now wonder how much their General husband has stolen...

This is appalling!

Power corrupts........

But absolute power corrupts absolutely!

Money from insurgency budget

rayvelez:
She was fucking the late general that $50k was her compensation

Which late General?

Omo these people de see money oh 80Milla plus

Amnesty must go round. Oga alone cannot chop.

Any politician that doesn't declare war on classism is a joker and a common thief

Lol…where did she get $50k from? How much is her husband salary? If you know the answer to these, then you have probably realized the source of widespread banditry, kidnappings and terrorism insecurity across the country…FYI you cannot even do small scale crime and go scot free without backing of a uniform force person in Nigeria not to compare the large scale of it going of now

Nigeria is an hilarious country. What right has someone to detain someone else? Why not report the case to the police to investigate?

The mention of thst amount in cash suppose do efcc pick her up

Cash out

The ex COAS kids should be investigated , the criminal is squandering the money else were🤷🏿👌💯

What do you expect, if the soldier had acted professionally by not stooping so low as to put herself in any position where she could be suspected of stealing money, would she have been detained? Even if you were posted as her security detail (which I don't even think is right as she's a private citizen), there's a way you'll so conduct yourself professionally that they dare not suspect you of such nonsense. I won't be surprised if she was trying to please the madam by going into her room to assist her, carrying purse for her etc

Who Dunnit?