"This Is How Nigerian Soldier Shot My Dog Because He Wanted Meat" - Borno Journalist

“By the time I stepped out of my house, stained on my gate signaled that all was not well. One of my dogs – Nchabla was shot. The other one- Power was completely devastated. There was no blood on him but he was trying to communicate. So, I patiently studied his emotion and he ran towards the main road towards Bakassi camp and came back. I knew he was trying to show me something and I followed him. ” Power led me to where the shooting took place. There was a stream of blood there. But Nchabla was not there. I asked the people around and they told me the Air Force personnel was responsible. ‘ He shot the dog and a dog ran towards your house, he pursue him and shot again three times,” one of the boys told Bwala. “This explains what happened. So, I went to see the commander or rather the officer in charge at the Bakassi camp to lay my complaint, but I was told he went out. I explained the situation to the soldiers on guard. My instincts told me they knew something about it, but were trying to cover for whoever among them did the shooting.
” I was angry but there was nothing I could do. They had the guns, they shot my dog, they could shoot anyone. So, I went back home, picked my phone and called Col. Kingsley Samuel, the deputy director army public relations. I explained the situation and he promise to do something about it.
” The issue here is not only about my dog. But where did the soldier get that four bullets to waste on a dog that was neither aggressive nor cross over to the Bakassi Camp the soldier’s area of duty? I as a journalist have attended many sittings at the Military Court holding in Maiduguri. I know the last one had to do with a soldier, who stole ammunition. I think the military authorities need to rise up to check some of these excesses,”