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Crime & Punishment of Thursday, 4 March 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Military man commits suicide in Bauchi

He shot himself dead He shot himself dead

A Nigerian soldier in Bauchi has killed himself.

He was said to be one of those newly recruited in 2020, and his first posting had been the army's school of armour in Bauchi.

Military sources told TheCable that he shot himself in the midst of his colleagues.

"He was on duty alongside his colleagues. They were all discussing normal soldier things and suddenly, he pulled out his gun and shot himself in the stomach.

"We couldn't even rush him to the hospital as he died on the spot," they said.

His body has been deposited at the mortuary in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBU), Bauchi.

The other soldiers he was with at the time of the incident have been locked in the guardroom, pending investigation.

The incident, sources said, has been communicated to the army headquarters, and a board had been set up in the barracks to investigate the matter.

Mohammed Yerima, the army spokesperson, was not immediately available to comment on the incident.