{"id":139906,"date":"2024-01-16T23:46:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T23:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/16\/soldier-allegedly-kills-self-over-depression-inside-ogun-barracks\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T23:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T23:46:56","slug":"soldier-allegedly-kills-self-over-depression-inside-ogun-barracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/16\/soldier-allegedly-kills-self-over-depression-inside-ogun-barracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier Allegedly Kills Self Over Depression Inside Ogun Barracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A soldier of the Nigerian Army, identified as Boyi Thankgod, attached to the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, has reportedly killed himself.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that Boyi took his life by shooting himself in the head at the standby duty on Armed Forces Remembrance Day, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source at the Ogun Barracks, who confirmed the incident while speaking with Daily Trust, revealed that an investigation is ongoing to reveal the circumstances that led to his action, and all the soldiers present at the time of the incident have been taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>The source said: \u201cYes, it\u2019s true. The incident happened yesterday (Monday).<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Nigeria Army Arrests Fake Soldier In Nasarawa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incident truly happened. Since yesterday, the military police have been investigating all soldiers that were there when the incident happened, they were taken to the custody, took their statements and all the normal procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are just waiting for the military police officers to conclude the investigation in order to determine what actually led to the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div class=\"c-ad \">\n<p>Another soldier added, \u201cHe killed himself due to the depression and low morale in the system, it\u2019s confirmed. He killed himself while on standby duty yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis friends said he already showed loss of interest in the army job, complained of corruption in the military and low morale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA soldier killed himself because of RCA ration cash allowances, just imagining soldiers killing themselves due to the poor administration by senior officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1487923872\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A soldier of the Nigerian Army, identified as Boyi Thankgod, attached to the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, has reportedly killed himself. 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