Grenade Explosion Rocks
Mogadishu Barracks In Abuja, Soldier Loses 4
Fingers, 3 Others Injured
Soldier Loses 4 Fingers, 3 Others Injured While
Trying To Inhale Grenade Powder In Abuja
A soldier at Mogadishu Cantonment popularly
known as Abacha Barracks in the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Abuja, has lost about four fingers
when a grenade exploded in his hands.
The victim and three others, sources said, were
trying to remove the powdery content of the hand
grenade for sniffing to be high when it exploded.
While the victim is being treated at the hospital,
the three others are currently being interrogated
by the military authorities for unauthorised
possession of firearms.
A military source told our correspondent
yesterday that the soldiers were being locked in
the barracks’ guard room. The incident, according
to the source, took place on Tuesday inside the
barracks when they wanted to open a 36-hand
grenade so they could inhale the powder inside in
order to make them become high. “The accidental
explosion did not claim life but people got
wounded.
One of them even lost about four fingers,” the
source said. The source disclosed that 20 live
rounds ammunition of Uzzy rifle were also found
in their room “Yesterday (Tuesday), at Abacha
Barracks, a hand grenade exploded in the hands
of some military guys who were trying to open it.
They intended removing the powdery content for
sniffing to be high,” the source added.
The soldiers are identified as Lance Corporal Ali
Mustapha, Privates Stanley Felix, Maiyaki (who
sustained injuries) and Yusuf Dambo. “The
soldiers wanted to carefully open a 36-hand
grenade so they could inhale the powder inside in
order to make them become high.
Unfortunately, in the process, the grenade
exploded. Now all of them have been locked up in
the guard room for further investigation on how
they got the grenade and the ammunition. The
wounded soldier is being treated at our hospital,”
the source added.
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