BREAKING : Nigerian Soldier Guns Down Colleague, NGO Staff, Injures UN Helicopter’s Pilot
By The Evangelist
November 18, 2022
A Nigerian soldier on Thursday 17th November, 2022, gunned down his colleague and a staff of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO).
The ugly incident which took place at a military base in the North East of Nigeria, also saw to a United Nations’ helicopter pilot sustaining injuries during the attack.
This is contained in a terse statement signed by Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, an Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters Theatre Command, Operation HADIN KAI, which was obtained by PlatinumPost.
It reads : “The Theatre Command Operation HADIN KAI regrets to inform the public of a sad occurrence at one of our military base today. A soldier shot and killed a staff 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 neutralized the errant personnel.
“The injured co-pilot has been stabilized while the corpses of the deceased have been moved to the 7 Division Hospital. Detailed investigation into the incident and subsequent remedial actions have commenced into the highly regrettable incident. Further details will be provided later. ”
