The Nigerian Army 81 Division, on Wednesday, denied that its operative, Boyi ThankGod, attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, shot himself dead but rather died of negligence, having mishandled his firearms.
ThankGod was supposed to be on sleeping enclosure backup obligation at the 35 Detachment central command, Alamala, Abeokuta, on Monday during the Military Recognition Day when he purportedly shot himself in the head and passed on right away.
A source had let columnists know that the trooper committed suicide because of sadness and low confidence in the framework.
His companions were likewise cited to have said that the fighter had previously shown a deficiency of interest in the Military work and whined of debasement in the military and low confidence.
In any case, the military, in an assertion on Wednesday by the acting Delegate Chief, Armed force Advertising, 81 Division of Nigeria Armed force, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Ayeni, portrayed the reports as suggestions and distortions of the occurrence.
Ayeni likewise exposed the reports circling on different virtual entertainment stages that ThankGod ended his life due to non-installment of Apportion Money Recompense.
The assertion mostly read, “The consideration of Central command 81 Division Nigerian Armed force has been attracted to hints getting out and about via web-based entertainment claiming that a trooper of 35 Gunnery Unit ended his life because of default of Proportion Money Remittance.
“Having lost one of its fighters, the specialists of the Division feel profoundly worried that some agitators under anything that pretense would utilize such a miserable event to censure the picture of the Division and the NA overall.
“In any case, for any kind of future family, it should be referenced that the late trooper was sent at the Detachment Reserve Power on Monday, January 15, 2024, close by his partners for everyday cantonment obligation, and they were enough taken care of in accordance with NA’s norm for troops’ on obligations.
“Nonetheless, the examination concerning the prompt reason for the occurrence showed that the departed fighter supposedly took care of his own weapon carelessly and fizzled, which brought about his demise.
“His partners who heard a gunfire had hurried to the location of the occurrence, just to find the warrior in the pool of his blood with shot injuries on the head.
“Further examination has since started to unwind the conditions and conceivable remote reason for the lamentable occurrence, while the remaining parts of the trooper have been emptied and stored at the Government Clinical Center Abeokuta.
“The Division, through the Authority 35 Cannons Unit, has informed the departed family and furthermore communicated genuine sympathies and compassion over the appalling episode.
“It is, notwithstanding, relevant to repeat that the division is focused on giving the important government assistance expected to lift the feeling of confidence for troops under order in accordance with the Head of Armed force Staff Order Reasoning. In this manner, the division will not under any appearance take the government assistance of its soldiers softly as wrongly implied.”
