A soldier serving with the 202 Battalion of the 21 Special Armoured Brigade , Bama , Borno State , has shot dead his adjutant , Lt . Babakaka Ngorgi, for allegedly refusing to give him a travel pass to enable him resolve his inability to access his salary account , which had been frozen for about eight months .
The private , whose identity could not be ascertained , was said to have fired some rounds at the officer, who was making a phone call in front of the unit headquarters on Wednesday .
The killer soldier was immediately taken into custody at the scene of the incident , while the remains of the officer were evacuated to the 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital .
The shooting reportedly threw the officers and men of the 202 Battalion into confusion .
Military sources said the suspected killer ’ s bank account was frozen by the authorities because he went AWOL ( away without official leave ) for six months .
He was said to have returned to his unit in Bama and had been pestering the deceased to give him a travel pass so that he could sort out the problem, but Ngorgi reportedly refused to accede to his request .
But the matter took a tragic turn when the soldier went to the deceased ’ s office and gunned him down .
Ngorgi, according to reports , got married last December .
A source said , “ The tragic incident occurred at the 202 Battalion , Bama , when a soldier shot his adjutant . They had a disagreement over an undisclosed issue .
“ In addition to that , the adjutant refused to give the soldier a pass to go and solve his problem after eight months without salary and allowances . The soldier had gone AWOL for six months and his account was frozen .
“ So, on Wednesday morning , he emptied his magazine of 30 rounds on the officer. The soldier was arrested and handcuffed immediately . ”
PUNCH Metro gathered on Thursday that Military Police investigators had commenced investigation into the incident .
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