Nigeria: Army to Court Martial 'Trigger Happy' Soldier

8 October 2013

Kaduna — The General Officer Comman-ding (GOC) 1 Division Head-quarters Kaduna, Major General Garba Wahab yesterday said that the Army is set to court martial the soldier who killed a civilian recently in Ungwan Shanu in Kaduna.

On September 27, 2013, a soldier allegedly fired several shots after a quarrel with a patrol team of a local vigilante group in Unguwar Sarki area of Kaduna, killing a man in the process and destroying over 15 vehicles.

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