Soldiers of an unidentified battalion in Operation Lafiya Dole have protested their posting to a location in the Theatre of Operation.

The aggrieved soldiers, according to sources at the Maimalari barracks besieged the headquarters of the Theatre Command in Borno State, shooting sporadically into the air on Thursday night following their deployment.

They cited non-payment of allowances and poor equipment as reasons for their rebellion.

Some of the soldiers who spoke under anonymity recall how a whole unit that went for reinforcement when Marte was captured last month, perished under superior firepower of the enemy forces.

This protest is coming on the heels of arms procurements mystery recently exposed by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, where both the outgoing and incoming service chiefs said they are in the dark on the whereabouts of the funds or equipment.

No less than ₦1 billion was released for the procurement according to Monguno, a retired Major General.

As at press time, the Media Coordinator for Operation Lafiya Dole Colonel Ado Isa as well as the Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima was yet to respond to a WhatsApp message sent to them seeking an explanation.

https://www.channelstv.com/2021/03/26/soldiers-protest-poor-equipment-unpaid-allowances-in-borno/

So shameful of a country in the midst of somuch security challenges

E don spoil.

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protest in africa is like taking cocoa yam to the farm without putting it in the ground

Watch how they will be arrested and court-marshalled ,and call the protest mutiny.

This is the worst time to be in the Nigeria army.

I'm trying to look up the meaning of "mutiny".

Pierohandsome:
Watch how they will be arrested and court-marshalled ,and call the protest mutiny.

This is the worst time to be in the Nigeria army.

Yes, that is mutiny and they can be court-martialled.

And your noise on nairaland wont change nothing.

In Nigeria army’s voice and on their website: FAKE NEWS!!!

I don't really blame the soldiers for protesting because if they die the army authority will declare them missing so that their families will not be able to get their entitlement.Their properties will be thrown out of the barrack.
Deceased soldiers family goes through hell in the barrack.