According to TheCable, the soldier, a noncommissioned officer attached to the Nigerian Army 27 Task Force Brigade in Buni Gari, Gujba government Area of Yobe State, committed suicide on Thursday at his duty post.
“He shot himself within the head and died immediately before other soldiers could even rush to assist ,” a military source told the newspaper.
The soldier was also said to possess left a note for his wife.
His body has been evacuated and sources said investigation into what led to the incident was ongoing .
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In July, a soldier within the army’s 202 Battalion in Bama, Borno State, killed a lieutenant, who didn't give him pass to go to his family.
In 2019, a soldier hanged himself in Abuja.
After killing his superior, another soldier committed suicide in 2017 as well.
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