A female soldier enforcing the curfew imposed by Adamawa government is said have killed a senior colleague at a checkpoint in Yola, the state capital.
Recall that Governor Ahmadu Fintiri imposed the curfew after hoodlums broke into government warehouses and looted several items, including palliatives meant to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy.
It however happened that one Lance Corporal Nkiru in the course of enforcing the restrictions shot a captain who tried to intervene in her altercation with civilians at Fire Service Roundabout in the state capital.
This is according to Daily Trust.
The report said the incident followed some motorists returning home during the curfew but the female soldier blocked their ways prompting the captain to intervene and as a result met his death.
“Some people stopped at the checkpoint 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 hiit accidentally,” it quoted an unnamed source as saying.
