Other officials are promoting the idea that it is simply a case of an individual afflicted by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or deranged by the prospect of an upcoming deployment to a war zone.
Mr Bamba said any adjustments to the size of the force would need to be offset "by the deployment of qualitative resources, such as surveillance drones for the border zone between Ivory Coast and Liberia".
At some point during their deployment, many servicemen and women understandably become overwhelmed by the unrelenting strain of living in a combat zone.