The soldier’s plea that he acted in self defence as the deceased assaulted and tried to wrestle his rifle from him before he shot and killed him to save his life and that of his compatriots, was set aside on the ground of use of disproportionate force
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The alert, by the spokesman of the 7 Division Nigerian Army, Colonel Mustapha Anka, followed the blasts in different locations in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Sunday night
The victims, who were members of the youth vigilante group in the town, had allegedly accosted a convoy of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army, with headquarters in Maiduguri, escorting ammunition that came in through the Maiduguri International Airport in a private commercial trailer
The soldiers attacked their boss, Major General Ahmed Mohammed
The shots were said to have been fired by the soldiers as a reaction to the arrival of the corpses of four of their colleagues who were shot dead during patrol duties in Chibok area of the state
Colonel Mohammad Dole, the spokesman for the 7 Division of Nigerian Army, confirmed the attack
The rampaging Boko Haram members were said to have attacked the Nigerian Air Force Base in Maiduguri and also the Maiduguri International Airport
A statement on Friday by the spokesman of the 7 Division, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Dole, said the encounter with the insurgents took place along the Rimanti-Allagarno Road in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State