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Trigger-Happy-Female Soldier Allegedly Shoots Captain Dead In Adamawa

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Trigger-Happy-Female Soldier Allegedly Shoots Captain Dead In Adamawa

The female soldier has been severally accused of harassing civilians, cocking her rifle at the slightest provocation.

Tragedy struck as a trigger-happy female soldier, tasked with upholding the Adamawa government’s curfew, fatally shot a senior colleague at a Yola checkpoint, in the state capital.

It was gathered that the female soldier, Lance Corporal Nkiru allegedly shot a captain who intervened in her clash with civilians at Fire Service Round About, in the state capital.

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Eyewitnesses say the female soldier had insisted that motorists returning home during the curfew hours must turn back. Some of them had identified themselves as workers on essential duty but she stood her ground.

“Some people stopped at the checkpoint and explained themselves as workers on essential duties but the female soldier insisted they must turn back. A captain came forward to intervene. Unfortunately, she had already cocked her rifle, so she just fired and killed him accidentally,” a security officer said.

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The victim was said to have been rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, where he was confirmed dead while the suspect was instantly arrested and whisked away by soldiers.

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The female soldier has been severally accused of harassing civilians, cocking her rifle at the slightest provocation.

The state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, had imposed the curfew after hoodlums broke into government warehouse and looted several items, including palliatives meant to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy.

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