Lt Gen TY Buratai visits wounded soldiers in Maiduguri following BOKO HARAM attack.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen TY Buratai, on Sunday, visited wounded soldiers at the 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital at Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri.

The soldiers who sustained injuries following the encounter in Gorgi, Borno State, which resulted in casualties with resultant various degrees of injuries sustained by some troops of Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE on 22nd March 2020.

Some of the wounded soldiers are evacuated to 44 Reference Hospital Kaduna for more specialist treatment/management.

A statement from Col. Sagir Musa, Acting Director Army PR on Sunday, recalled that immediately the incident was reported, the COAS, on the 25th March 2020, instructed the Chief of coaching and Operations (CTOP) Army, Maj Gen EO Udo, to maneuver to the operational arena to ascertain the wounded and convey his goodwill message to them.

The visit, “Gen TY Buratai was amid the CTOP Maj Gen EO Udo, Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE Maj Gen Faruk Yahaya, Commander Engineer Corps Maj Gen JS Malu, Chief of Military Intelligence Maj Gen SA Adebayo and Acting provost marshal Army Brig Gen H Ahmed.

The Nigerian army headquarters has reported that they have arrested the soldiers who vowed to rape women and daughters of Warri, Delta State, in a video clip.

The army in the Viral video swore to sexually molest the women without condoms and infect them with HIV, as a reprisal for the purported killing of a soldier by locals.

VIDEO: Nigerian Soldiers Threaten To Rape Women In Warri, Infect Them With HIV In Retaliation For Killing Colleague @HQNigerianArmy #CoronavirusLockdown #LockDownNigeria #COVID19 #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/7gsozO3lXb

— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) April 3, 2020

A young man was reportedly killed in Warri as well by a solider for flouting the coronavirus lockdown order.
“Soldiers in a viral video using uncouth and uncivilized language purportedly threatening to molest women in Warri Delta State were arrested at 9 Brigade Ikeja Military Cantonment Lagos State on April 3, 2020, and further investigation is ongoing,” the army wrote in a statement sent to SteadyGist.

“The general public should be assured that the investigations will be swift and fair in accordance with applicable military laws. The outcome of the investigations will determine the most appropriate disciplinary measures that can be taken in the circumstances.

“The Nigerian Army wishes to reiterate that it would not tolerate any form of irresponsibility and indiscipline on the part of any of its personnel,” the statement further read.

#PressPlay: Another Video of @HQNigerianArmy Personnel Threatening Warri Residents#LockDownNigeria #COVID19 #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/E3E21uRM9D

— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) April 4, 2020

Soldiers in Nigeria have long been accused of human rights abuses,
disproportionate use of force, extra-judicial killings, and rape while dealing with civilian populations. 


SOURCE: Pulse.

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, was in the right place at the right time to rescue five Nigerian men who were being maltreated by members of the Nigerian Army in Lagos.

In a video he shared on his official Facebook account on Saturday, December 1, 2018, the Sahara Reporters founder narrated how he came to the rescue of the five men while returning from the Redemption Camp of the Redeemed Christian Church of God located on the outskirts of Lagos.

According to his version of events, the soldiers had made all five men lie by the side of the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after they were stopped for driving ‘too close’ to their military vehicle.

Sowore approached the soldiers and demanded that the civilians be treated with dignity and not abuse and public humiliation. He further noted that the soldiers had no jurisdiction to carry out arrests in such situations.

He said, “On my way from Redemption Camp today, I ran into a detachment of soldiers subjecting some Nigerians to abuse and public humiliation on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, I alighted and approached the soldiers to ask why, they explained that the men were driving “too close” to their vehicle and they had suspicion that they could be ‘dangerous’.

“As an activist, I am familiar with this tactic by soldiers, so, I told them it was not their duty to carry out arrests and that if they considered them suspects it was the job of the police to investigate and prosecute them.”

In the video attached to the Facebook post, at least two soldiers of the Nigerian Army were captured on camera. According to the plain-clothed officer who directly addressed Sowore, he said the men, described as ‘these idiots’, were charging behind their vehicle and refused to heed an initial warning.

He further accused the men of looking suspicious before one of the uniformed soldiers said the accused men also initially refused to open their car boot to be searched. The plain-clothed officer added that the military vehicle was on its way to ‘pick a big man’ when the incident happened.

The accused men were later released after what Sowore described as a tense series of exchanges.

“As usual, the situation became tense but after a series of exchanges including a demand that we delete the video – which I resisted – the civilians were released,” he posted.

The presidential candidate further described the event as a vindication of his campaign promise to decrease military presence in civilian populations to avoid unnecessary abuse.

He said, “This confirms our position in running for office of the commander in Chief of the Armed Forces to decrease military presence on civilian territory so that our soldiers can concentrate on defending the territorial integrity of Nigeria rather than descending on civilians over every flimsy excuse on matters that should be the duty of the Police.”

 

One of his campaign promises is to sack all of the nation’s generals in the Nigerian Army if elected President at next year’s polls. During an interview in September, he said the generals are responsible for the country’s prolonged war against terrorism, alleging that they don’t want it to end.

He said, “With regards to security, there needs to be an overhaul of our security system. I’m going in there firing every damn general in the Army who’s involved in fighting terrorism in this country. They’re thieves and I know them.”

THE Nigerian Army will commence the exercise it code-named, “Operation Cat Race” in the North Central zone of the country this week to tackle the issue of farmers/herdsmen crisis.

Recruits undergo training at the headquaters of the Depot of the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State in northcentral Nigeria, on October 5, 2017.

This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina in a video he released after the weekly security meeting which was chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.

Adesina in the video said, “The Security Council meeting has just been concluded chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari and all the security chiefs in attendance.

“Of course, the issues that came under discussion include the farmers/herdsmen crises in different parts of the country. Cattle rustling, arm banditry, anything that constitutes security challenge was discussed and the intention was tackle all these issues in different parts of the country.

“The exercise by the Nigerian army called Operation Cat Race has been announced and it takes off later this week in the North Central zone. It is expected that this will bring under control to a large extent the issues of farmers and herdsmen crisis and other ancillary security challenges in that zone.

“This once again has confirmed the fact that President Buhari is not just sitting pretty to quote him in an air conditions offices and air conditions homes and doing nothing about the security challenges, he is up and doing about it.”