Police sources noted that on April 30, 2025, Amina Abdurrazaq, 40, Manager of Albash Filling Station, Airport Road, Kaduna, reported a case of criminal misappropriation involving her staff, Joseph Isaac Fada, 28.

Joseph Isaac Fada, a 28-year-old staff member of Albash Filling Station in Kaduna State, has died after allegedly being tortured by military personnel following accusations of misappropriation. 

Police sources noted that on April 30, 2025, Amina Abdurrazaq, 40, Manager of Albash Filling Station, Airport Road, Kaduna, reported a case of criminal misappropriation involving her staff, Joseph Isaac Fada, 28.

“She alleged that Fada misappropriated ₦335,522.00 from fuel sales and handed him over to personnel at a military checkpoint for investigation.”

Fada was allegedly detained overnight by the personnel of the 413 Force Protection Group, Nigerian Air Force, where he was reportedly tortured to an unconscious state, Zagazola Makama, a security expert said. 

He was later taken to a patent medicine store, where he died while receiving treatment.

Following a transfer of the case from the Airport Division, the police arrested NAF personnel Sgt Achibong Friday Udoh and LCPL Ayodele Glory Blessing along with Amina Abdurrazaq and Maryam, 51, the owner of the patent medicine store.

Police sources said that “the suspects have been transferred for detailed investigation, while the body of the deceased has been deposited for autopsy.”

SaharaReporters’ call and messages to Munir Hassan, Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, for confirmation on the issue was not responded to as at the time of filing this report.