A yet-to-be-identified soldier has killed his colleague in Gworza, Borno State as concerns about the mental state of military personnel fighting insurgency in the North East gain ground.
According to military sources, the deceased identified as Private Diko and his killer were troops of Operation Desert Sanity and joined the army in 2020.
“They were having an argument and before you know it, he killed him (Diko). Both being 20NA were posted to 103 battalion Enugu but were moved to Borno to fight the Boko Haram insurgency,” a military source informed SaharaReporters.
There have been public concerns recently over the state of mental health of Nigerian soldiers, particularly the ones fighting insurgency in the North-East.
Last week, another soldier, Lance Corporal Nwobodo Chinoso, shot dead the Commander of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Rabah in Sokoto State, Lt. Sam Oladapo.
Chinoso also shot the FOB Rabah Command Sergeant Major (CSM), Sgt. Iliyasu Inusa, and another private soldier, Attahiru Mohammed, after he had killed Oladapo.
After shooting his colleagues, he thereafter committed suicide by shooting himself.
