A Nigerian soldier has allegedly shot dead his colleague over an argument on his alcohol drinking habit.

WuzupNaija gathered that the incident happened at the Mogadishu Military Cantonment in Abuja.

It was further gathered that the trigger-happy soldier (in uniform in the photos) was granted a break, only for him to return heavily drunk. The other soldier on mufti being guard commander – confronted him and asked him to change up for duty.

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WuzupNaija gathered that angered by the confrontation, the drunk soldier went in, changed into his uniform, picked up his rifle, came back out and shot the guard commander.

On seeing what he had done, the soldier allegedly shot himself but missed his own head and shot his mouth rather.

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Recently, a Nigerian soldier identified as Adegor Okpako, reportedly killed his partner, Saka, before he went on to commit suicide. The sad incident occurred during a training exercise at an army base in Borno State.

It was gathered that Adegor Okpako, a staff sergeant attached to 192 Battalion in Gwoza, killed himself at about 2:50 p.m. Wednesday.

Three soldiers and a member of the civilian joint task force were also seriously wounded in the random shooting by Mr Okpako, sources said.