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Former Head of State, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), speaking on the Hausa service of the Voice of America, in Kaduna on Wednesday has scored the Nigerian Army low in the fight against the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in North-East Nigeria.
He stressed the need for soldiers to return to basic military training by maintaining standards during and after operations.
“Now there are accusations that they collect bribe at checkpoints, that they rape women during operations as was the case in Borno. That was not known before. Now, if you kill one of their own, they round up and wipe out the community like what happened at Baga,” he said.
According to him, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, during his time ensured peace by conveying leaders of the Niger Delta militants to Abuja to talk and ensure peace in the region.
“But everybody knows that the Boko Haram leader was arrested and killed. We all know that in times of crisis, the police should do their work and it is only when such crisis escalates that the military comes in and they don’t round up the crisis community and kill everybody,” he said.
However, the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Maj-Gen. Garba Wahab, according to Nigerian Eye said that the military and other security agencies need support and not condemnation in the fight against insurgency in Nigeria.
He stressed the need for soldiers to return to basic military training by maintaining standards during and after operations.
“Now there are accusations that they collect bribe at checkpoints, that they rape women during operations as was the case in Borno. That was not known before. Now, if you kill one of their own, they round up and wipe out the community like what happened at Baga,” he said.
According to him, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, during his time ensured peace by conveying leaders of the Niger Delta militants to Abuja to talk and ensure peace in the region.
“But everybody knows that the Boko Haram leader was arrested and killed. We all know that in times of crisis, the police should do their work and it is only when such crisis escalates that the military comes in and they don’t round up the crisis community and kill everybody,” he said.
However, the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Maj-Gen. Garba Wahab, according to Nigerian Eye said that the military and other security agencies need support and not condemnation in the fight against insurgency in Nigeria.