Shocking! Angry Soldiers Attack Brigadier-General Over Food
and Water Shortage in Maiduguri
Nigerian soldiers on the forefront of fighting the deadly
Boko Haram insurgency have become fed up with the kind of ill treatment they
get.
The Angry soldiers Thursday prevented the Ag General Officer
Commanding (GOC) of 7 Division, Maiduguri,
Brigadier-General Victor Eziegwu from departing a remote Borno village
when he went there in a helicopter to address them.
The soldiers who are drawn from 154 and 155 TF Battalions
were used to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists who were occupying Alagarno, a
remote Borno town and were allegedly left there without food and water.
A source close to the angry troops said, “Though Alagarno
has been taken over by soldiers after a fierce battle with the insurgents, the
terrorists planted mines around the town and as I am talking to you now, they
have blocked all routes to the village. We have no food and water and the only
means to enter Alagarno is by air. No vehicle can go in and out now because of
the mines and insurgents surrounding the town.
“Instead of them to use helicopters to supply us water and
food as they did when mines were planted along Bama to Banki road and our
soldiers were cut off in Banki, the GOC used a helicopter to come and address
us over irrelevant issues and warning us unnecessarily rather than address
issues bordering on our welfare.
“When he finished addressing us and was about leaving,
soldiers blocked the helicopter and forced the pilot to come out of it. So many
things happened in between before he was able to leave much later. I do not
know if serious damage was done on the helicopter.”
Responding to a text message sent to him seeking for
confirmation on the story, Deputy Director, Army Public Relation of 7 Division,
Maiduguri, Col Mustapha Anka said he does not have details as he did not
receive any official briefing on the matter.
“It is rumour I have been hearing. We are passing through so
many huddles that you did not know because you are not part of us. We really
need media cooperation to boost the morale of our troops. That is very
essential at this time.
"This is a critical moment,” he said.
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