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More Than 200 Nigerian Soldiers Dismissed From The Military In Jos
By NewsWireNGR
BBC Nigeria Correspondent, Will Ross is reporting that over two hundred Nigerian Soldiers have been dismissed in the military in Jos last week.
Pictures seen above are soldiers earlier sentenced to death for mutiny by the military in 2014.
President Goodluck Jonathan had on Wednesday urged the leadership of the Armed Forces to redeploy officers and men sabotaging operations. Jonathan made the call at the National Cemetery, Abuja while unveiling the Cenotaph built in memory of the nation’s fallen heroes from 2011 to date.
In a series of tweets earlier today, Ross gave accounts of one of the soldiers …
More than 200 soldiers from Jos were dismissed from the Nigerian army last week. They had been fighting Boko Haram in N East.
— will ross (@willintune) January 20, 2015
Abiona Elisha served in Nigeria's army for 27 years. He and 200 others were dismissed after being accused of disobeying orders.
— will ross (@willintune) January 20, 2015
But Abiona Elisha says they were often outgunned by Boko Haram. In one Borno battle they had 10 rounds of AK47 ammo each
— will ross (@willintune) January 20, 2015
He says sometimes armoured vehicles ran out of fuel and had to be hastily abandoned only for Boko Haram to seize them
— will ross (@willintune) January 20, 2015
He says where there were supposed to be 30 Nigerian soldiers guarding an area there might only be 10. He knows not why.
— will ross (@willintune) January 20, 2015
BUT the dismissed soldier says from what he hears troops now fighting Boko Haram have now been better equipped.
— will ross (@willintune) January 20, 2015
Meanwhile, about 44 soldiers, dislodged from the Nigerian army, are currently being detained under a military cell in Jos, Plateau state.
Premium Times reports that, ?the ?soldiers were looked up, after failing to fight Boko Haram insurgents on October 28th, in Mubi, Adamaw State.
The soldiers were detained for 10 days and then moved into the underground cell where they have been since then. The officers, among which are 5 staff Sergeants, 2 Sergeants, 5 Corporals, 18 Lance Corporals, and 14 Privates were dislodged from the army after members of Boko Haram dislodged them from Mubi town in Adamawa state.
The soldiers have not yet been arraigned before any panel nor their charges read to them?.
