Soldier Commits Suicide In Borno While In Battle With Boko Haram

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A soldier identified as Kila Jima fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East kills himself.

The soldier, a corporal in the Army’s 152 Battalion, Banki, is said to have suddenly cocked his rifle and fired at his own head. 

The incident happened on Saturday. It is not yet clear what led the soldier to kill himself yet.

He is said to have shown some signs of depression before he eventually took his life.

Journal Reporters gathered that his body has been deposited at the Maiduguri military mortuary.

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

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. 

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 hung 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.

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