Soldier Commits Suicide In Bauchi

A soldier with the Nigerian army school of armour on Wednesday, shot himself dead in Bauchi.

The soldier, whose name was given as Bello Useni, was at his duty post at the Obienu barracks in Bauchi, when he suddenly cocked his rifle and shot himself in the stomach, TheCable quoted military sources to have said.

The incident happened around 4pm on Wednesday.

It is not yet clear what led the soldier to kill himself.

The soldier 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.

“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,” one of the sources said.

“In fact, we couldn’t even rush him to the hospital as he died on the spot.”

Ekohotblog gathered that that his remains has been deposited at the morgue 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, TheCable reports.

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.

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