Felix Kura: Elder brother makes shocking revelations about slain soldier, reveals burial date

Fabian Benjamin, an elder brother to the late Lt. Col Felix Kura, who was murdered by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram, has made a shocking revelation about the slain troop.

IDOMA VOICE recall that Lt. Col. Kura was among the seven soldiers killed along the Mararaba-Udege section of the Otukpo-Oweto/Loko-Abuja road in Nasarawa State on Monday.

A distraught Benjamin told Premium Times about the bitterness and disappointment at the death of his brother.

He feared that the family is scared to break the news to their septuagenarian father, Benjamin Kura, whom he feared may not be strong enough to withstand the shock of the sad news.

Apart from the aged father, Mr Benjamin, the family’s eldest child, also expressed sadness over the fate of his late brother’s young wife, Susan, whom he noted was yet to bear him a child.

He said the late officer was just decorated as a captain in August, 2020.

“My brother read Linguistics at the Benue State University and graduated in 2009. He served in Oyo State in 2010 and joined the Nigerian Army in 2012. He loved the job and was very passionate about it. Some of his commandants even when he was posted to the North East confirmed his bravery and loyalty. I am very depressed right now,” Mr Benjamin told our reporter on the phone.

He said his late brother’s remains will be buried on Tuesday in his home state, Benue.