Mob Lynches Soldier To Death For Killing Civilian

• Three other residents are receiving treatment at a specialist hospital in Maiduguri.

• Soldier’s corpse has been transferred to a morgue

Some rampaging residents in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, has lynched an officer of the Nigerian Army to death for killing a resident during verbal confrontation.

Ekohotblog reports that the development was sequel to an event that took place at a retail shop along Baga road during which the Slain military officer arbitrarily fired live bullets at four civilians, a military source disclosed.

According to a memo by the army, three of the four residents shot by the Private officer, Mohammed Abdullahi, are receiving treatment at a specialist hospital in Maiduguri.

The internal army communication also disclosed that the soldier’s corpse had been transferred to a morgue at 7 Divison Medical Services and Hospital (DMSH) in the Maimalari area of the capital city.

“Arrangement has also been made to recover the soldier’s weapon from the civilian police,” the memo added.

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Private Abdullahi was recently deployed to the newly established “Operation Tura Takaibango” – an army formation involved in the fierce battle against jihadist group Boko Haram.

Army personnel, especially those involved in counterinsurgency operations in the beleaguered northeast of Nigeria, have unleashed a deadly onslaught on unarmed civilians in recent times, a development that has engendered concerns of a  severe mental health challenges, which is likely occasioned by a lengthy deployment to the frontlines of the war against terrorism.