The Nigerian Army has arrested a soldier for allegedly killing seven civilians including a three-year-old girl in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.
The Intelligence Coordinator, Theatre Command of the Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Col. Obinna Azuikpe, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the military’s operations in the North-East.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that the soldier said to have been under the influence of “psychotropic substances” without any provocation, opened fire on the residents of Mafa town in Mafa Local Government Area of the state.
Azuikpe said that about 16 persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the incident which occurred on Tuesday in Mafa market.
He said that the injured victims had been hospitalised while the “shooter” was arrested by the military police.
He said that other incidents involving two policemen killing soldiers were separately recorded in Maiduguri.
Azuikpe attributed the incidents to “post traumatic stress disorder and drug abuse.”