Nigeria, April 15 -- The Nigerian Army says its personnel who killed a young lady in Enugu last week is not a repentant Boko Haram terrorist.

Army spokesperson Onyema Nwachukwu said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.

A soldier, Adamu Muhammad, killed Hauwakulu Tabra, on Thursday last week in a barracks in Enugu. Her corpse was discovered the following day.

Mr Nwachukwu said though the incident is regrettable, it is laughable to claim that tha dastardly act was committed by a repentant Boko Haram member.

"Much as it is highly regrettable that a young lady lost her life in the hands of a man with whom she was in an amorous relationship, the incident should not be latched on to insinuate a laughable claim that the dastardly act was ...