Soldier fighting Boko Haram commits suicide

A soldier fighting the terrorist group, Boko Haram in the North East has reportedly committed suicide.

Identified as Kila Jima, a corporal in the Army’s 152 Battalion, Banki, was said to have suddenly cocked his rifle and shot himself in the head.

It is still unclear what pre-empted his decision to take his life. SaharaReporters said the incident happened on Saturday, April 13, 2021

He was said to have shown some sign of depression before he eventually took his life.

SaharaReporters gathered that his body has been deposited at the military mortuary in Maiduguri.

In March, a soldier, Bello Useni, with the Nigerian Army School of Armour in Bauchi killed himself.

In September 2020, a lance corporal attached to the Army’s 27 Task Force Brigade in Buni Gari, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe state, committed suicide at his duty post, according to SaharaReporters.

In July 2020, a soldier in the Army’s 202 battalion in Bama, Borno state, killed a lieutenant who did not give him pass to visit his family.

In 2019, a soldier hanged himself in Abuja. And in 2017, another soldier committed suicide after killing his superior officer.

Soldiers, especially those deployed in operation Lafiya Dole in the North East, have always complained about poor welfare.