Viral video: “Please stop crying,” soldiers in tears after losing colleagues to terrorists

Nigerian army men were shown sobbing in a now-viral video that was uploaded on X on Tuesday, possibly following the deaths of some of their comrades in terrorist strikes.

Thanks to X users' empathy for the soldiers, the video that #X-Daily shared became viral.

Nigeria has seen terrorist assaults for more than 20 years, while it is unclear when the video was taken or the real reason the troops were crying.

"Nigerian Soldiers in Tears After Losing Colleagues in Terrorist Attack in Northern Nigeria," the message stated.

In the footage, troops can be seen sobbing as someone—possibly the person holding the camera—considers them and tells them to stop crying.

The voice said, "Please stop crying. Stop crying."

"I told you guys this morning, but my mind isn't here, so why don't I tell you?In his pidgin English, he asked.

#Game_Boss360 responded by writing, "Look, those soldiers are really suffering out there."

"This is why it hurts me so much whenever I see civilians criticising soldiers on social media," stated another user with the handle #calebuncovered. You have no concept what these boys go through to defend this country, coming from a barracks kid. You're not aware of the lengths they go to safeguard this nation. They genuinely lead an unpredictable life since they could pass away at any time and leave their loved ones behind. Still, some of you visit here and utter derogatory remarks about military.

"This video hurts in so many ways...so many ways man," commented #chrisndarl in the interim.

Nigeria is extremely unstable, according to a 2024 assessment. SBM Intelligence said 63,111 Nigerians lost their lives to violence between 2015 and 2023 while Muhammadu Buhari was in office.

The 2023 Global Terrorism Index placed Nigeria as the ninth most terrorised nation in the world.

As terrorism and insecurity nibble at Nigeria's food basket regions, "this has contributed to the shortfall in food production and the upswing in food inflation," the research said.