The Nigerian Army has confirmed the case of a soldier who shot his colleagues and himself dead at Forward Operations Base, Rabah, Sokoto State.
Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu, said investigations had begun into the incident, noting that circumstances leading to the incident could not be immediately ascertained, since the soldier who killed his colleagues also shot himself dead.
He also explained that the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 8 Division and Commander, Joint Task Force, Northwest Operation Hadarin-Daji Major-General, Godwin Mutkut and other senior officers had visited the location.
According to him, the GOC commiserated with troops for losing their colleagues in such an unfortunate situation.
