It was gathered that the soldier walked off his base in a remote town of Damboa in Borno on Thursday and went on a shooting spree using an Ak-47 rifle.
By Jeffrey Agbo
A female humanitarian aid worker has been killed in Borno State by a soldier.
The soldier, who is of the 25 Task Force Brigade, ran amok on Thursday and injured a United Nations’ pilot.
Reports said he would have taken more lives, but for the quick intervention of his colleagues who neutralised him.
Reacting to the incident, the Theatre Command of Operation HADIN KAI expressed regret at the occurrence.
Maj. Samson Zhakom, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations. Headquarters, Theatre Command, said the soldier shot and killed a staff member of one of the NGOs providing humanitarian support in the North-East.
“Same soldier also killed another soldier and injured the co-pilot of one of the UN helicopters. Own troops on the ground immediately neutralised the errant personnel,’’ he said.
Zhakom explained that the injured co-pilot had been stabilised while the corpses of the deceased have been moved to the 7 Division Hospital.
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He added that detailed investigation into the incident and subsequent remedial actions had started.
It was gathered that the soldier walked off his base in a remote town of Damboa in Borno on Thursday and went on a shooting spree using an Ak-47 riffle.
The development compelled humanitarian workers of an international non-governmental organisation waiting at the military base to board a helicopter back to Maiduguri for safety.
One of the humanitarian workers in Borno, Abdulkareem Ibrahim, told NAN that the soldier emptied his magazine and after realising that he had run out of bullets, he brought out a jack knife.
“He stabbed a female staff of one of the international NGOs four times, killing her before injuring the helicopter pilot,’’ Ibrahim said.
Ibrahim added that the rampaging soldier again turned and chased his colleagues before he was gunned down to prevent further disaster.
He said that the pilots and the crew were safely back to Maiduguri while efforts were on-going to stabilise the wounded co-pilot at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
