A Drunk Solder killed Humanitarian Worker, Fellow Soldier, injured UN Helicopter Co-Pilot in Borno
By Madu Mohammed, Maiduguri
A drunk soldier, went on rampage, shot and killed fellow soldier, a staff of one of the NGOs providing humanitarian support in the North East and injured a co- pilot of UN helicopter at a 25 Task Force Brigade, Damboa, the headquarters of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State before he was gun down .
Confirming the incident in a statement issued on Thursday, the Assistant Director Army public Relations of the Nigerian Army , Major Samson Zhakom, said “ a soldier shot and killed a staff of one of the NGOs providing humanitarian support in the North East. Same soldier also killed another soldier and injured the co-pilot of one of the UN helicopters, the theater said.”
“The Theatre Command Operation HADIN KAI regrets to inform the public of a sad occurrence at one of our military base today. A soldier shot and killed a staff of one of the NGOs providing humanitarian support in the North East. Same soldier also killed another soldier and injured the co-pilot of one of the UN helicopters”, the theater said.
He said ” the troops on the ground immediately neutralized the errant personnel. The injured co-pilot has been stabilized while the corpses of the deceased have been moved to the 7 Division Hospital. Detailed investigation into the incident and subsequent remedial actions have commenced into the highly regrettable incident. Further details will be provided later ‘It could be recalled that even recently a soldier killed a Brigadier Genera in Lagos.
