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| Nigeria: Boko Haram - Soldiers Disobey Deployment Order |
| 2014-08-21 |
| [ALLAFRICA] A group of soldiers in the North East has been reported to be refusing to fight Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... gunnies until they are better equipped. One of the soldiers, who requested anonymity, told the BBC that at least 40 of his colleagues would refuse orders to deploy. Wives of some soldiers recently demonstrated at the army barracks in Borno State to protest deployment of their husbands to fight the Lions of Islam because, according to them, the Boko Haram group had better equipment than the Nigerian Army. A state of emergency that was declared in three North Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe last year has failed to curb the insurgency. "Soldiers are dying like fowl," the anonymous soldier, who said he and his colleagues were just outside Maiduguri, told the BBC Hausa service. "The Nigerian Army is not ready to fight Boko Haram," he said, explaining that soldiers were not being given enough weapons and ammunition to take them on. "Boko Haram are inside the bush, everywhere," he said, adding that "they (senior commanders) are sacrificing soldiers". Even the vehicles the soldiers were expected to use were old armoured cars that were not up to the job, he added. A General in the army, who asked not to be named, told the BBC that he was unable to confirm the mutiny, but said "cowardice" was not uncommon in times of war - and that any mutineers would be punished. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Nigeria: Boko Haram - FIFY Mercs. Pre-Trained, Pre-Equipped, and not interested in petty local BS unless you screw with their pay. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-08-21 09:45 |
| #2 It's been demonstrated that Nigerian troops will not prevail over Boko Haram with their current kit, training and leadership, Glenmore. A nasty little dilemma. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-21 09:18 |
| #1 I'm not sure I'd send Nigerian troops agains BH with modern arms and equipment - we don't need to be giving that kind of stuff to BH, and it doesn't seem like the Nigerian forces are well-enough trained and disciplined to keep it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-08-21 07:46 |