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Residents in Borno state have written to Buhari, the Nigeria president and said they do not have trust in the military anymore to secure them.
Mr. Hassan Boguma, a traditional ruler, in the letter say, the military have not been able to stop Boko Haram from attacking, pointing out that Boko Haram attack without any resistance from the military.
This is coming few days Mr. Babagana Zulum, the Borno state governor accused the military of been responsible for Gubio and Magumeri local government areas attack.
The letter reads, “The attempts by Boko Haram to intimidate and attack communities in the state and the actions of our soldiers in the frontline has made us lose confidence in the recent military’s performance in protecting not only the vulnerable citizens but even the territorial boundaries of the nation,”
“Your Excellency, while lauding the efforts of the N/Army for their gallantry in other parts of the state, much is needed to be done in areas around MMC and Jere and in recent attacks on Nganzai, Gajiganna, Gubio, Magumeri, Amurwa, Kalali Abdul, Wanori and yesterday, Dalori villages. The incessant and daring attacks by BHT is becoming a source of great concern to citizens living in the two local governments and five villages simultaneously attacked for three days without any countermeasures or even a response to distress calls from the locals.
“A country’s armed forces were supposed to be a proud and patriotic defenders of both the nation’s territories and its citizens, but our today’s men of the armed forces were either overwhelmed by the desire to amass wealth by all means and, on the blood of the innocent Nigerian citizens, or have been compromised by theories of conspiracy and collaboration by deserting their formations in the face of attacks by the insurgents.”
The residents said the present crop of soldiers on the frontline are not ready to fight, as in most cases they do not pursue the insurgents.
They also accused military commanders of turning the war theatre into a milking cow.
Although the government had always maintained that it has technically defeated the insurgents, residents told the president that he is being fed with false information on the situation at the war theatre.
“You are either fed with false information, or raising hopes of technical defeat of the BH which is far from the truth,” the letter further read.
“The recent systematic attacks on Gubio a strategic battalion and forcing them to withdraw is not only a shame but a slap on the face of our armed forces and a smack of mockery and abuse on the strength and professionalism of our armed forces which was once a formidable force in the Africa.
“Patriotism being the hallmark of all military operations is near absent, in most cases men that were lacking in experiences of war tactics were posted a seeming guerrilla like operations. The special forces that would have dealt with the peculiarities of insurgency were not properly involved in the operation and munitions that could have been used were not on ground to confront the monster head on.”
Source : premiumtimes24
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