Another Nigerian mercenary fighting on the side of Russia has been killed by Ukrainian forces.
This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence.
He was identified as Ayebusiwa Olabode Victor, born on April 28, 1992.
Victor was said to hail from Ilutitun in Ondo state. The front page of the Nigerian’s passport was attached to the statement.
Ukrainian authorities said he was killed in the Kharkiv region near the settlement of Hrafske.
The statement said Victor signed the mercenary contract late February, just one week after Nigeria’s ministry of foreign affairs warned citizens against illegal recruitment into foreign armed conflicts, citing rising cases of Nigerians allegedly being lured abroad under false pretences and forced into combat roles.
