A female soldier simply identified as Lance Corporal Nkiru has reportedly killed an army captain with 23 Armoured Brigade, Yola in Adamawa State.
The incident, which occurred at a checkpoint near the Fire Service Roundabout, was confirmed by the authorities of the 23 Armoured Brigade yesterday.
The authorities however did not give the name of the captain for security reasons.
One of the sources, said the victim was killed by the lance corporal last Tuesday night.
Nkiru was alleged to have shot dead the captain who was on mufti at close range near the Fire Service Roundabout in Yola, the state capital.
The deceased allegedly approached the lance corporal to mediate in a dispute between her and a policeman who violated the curfew imposed in the state by the state government.
The lance corporal, who hails from Calabar, Cross River State was said to have killed the deceased on the spot who identified himself at the checkpoint.
The source said, “The captain was driving in his car and sited the lance corporal in a heated argument with a police officer at the checkpoint.
“He alighted from his car to support the lance corporal and make peace. The said lance corporal mistakenly shot the officer on the spot, who later died at the Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola.”
It was gathered that the incident threw the residents of the area into panic as the people, especially the youths fled their houses for fear of being arrested by the military.
The acting army public relations officer for the 23 Armoured Brigade, Lt Prince Odemenam, could not pick a call put across to him or respond to a text message.
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