A Nigerian soldier currently fighting
against the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northern part of the country has
revealed why he thinks the sect would be difficult to defeat.
The soldier who did not want his identity known sent an
anonymous message of despair to the Nation.
In the message, the soldier gave a revelation on why the
Nigerian soldiers may not win the battle against the terrorists in North East,
saying the corruption in the system was huge and that soldiers have more to
self and less for National interest.
He
questioned who is behind the boko haram insurgency, and how come helicopters
will come to Nigeria airspace to supply the terrorists equipment and nobody is
saying anything.
The soldier complained that people were dying every day, and
that money that is supposed to be spent on development is being used for
fighting war. He urged those who love the nation to pick up their pen, like the
Journalists who fought for Nigeria’s independence in the 60s.
“My eyes have seen a lot. We still need to pray for Nigeria. All
members of boko haram use anti-aircraft to fight. Let all who love Nigeria
forget about religion and put National interest first. If you are in the field
you will cry because the more you see the less you understand this battle,” he said.
The soldiers, however, expressed optimism that things will come
to light if senior officers tell the truth, but stated that everybody is after
money.
He said some of the soldiers recently shot are receiving
treatment in 44 military hospital Kaduna. He said some of them were shot in the
legs and hands with snappers guns.
The soldier further revealed that the APCs the military
authorities claimed to have purchased were old but painted in Jaji APC wing,
and called on Journalists to investigate the war as well as the equipment the
soldiers use.
Meanwhile,
repeated attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents on Mubi, Adamawa State, have
reportedly left over 3,000 people displaced
with some residents running to the mountains to take refuge.
The Nigerian army in its determination to flush out the sect
from the region has taken
into custody five military commanders for
allegedly abandoning Mubi town when the Boko Haram sect attacked earlier this
week.
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