File photo of Nigeria Army troops
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
The Nigeria Army Theatre Command of Operation HADIN Kai on Thursday said a soldier went berserk, shot and killed a staff of one of the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) providing humanitarian support in the North East.
The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.Samson Nantip Zhakom, who disclosed this in a statement, added that the same soldier also killed another soldier and injured the co-pilot of one of the UN helicopters.
The statement said: “The Theatre Command Operation HADIN KAI regreted to inform the general public of a sad occurrence at one of its military formation/ base on Thursday in
“Own troops on the ground immediately neutralized the errant personnel and 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 already commenced into the highly regrettable incident.
“Further details will be provided later to the media in the matter”, the army spokesman said in the statement.
