JUST IN: What Soldiers Did Immediately After Been Sent To Fight Terrorists

The Nigerian Army has proclaimed 44 troops who were battling Boko Haram in the northeastern region of the country wanted after they decided to leave the continuing conflict with the Boko Haram terrorists, according to Sahara Reporters, an online journal.....Read Full Article>>

The newspaper claims that the soldiers have not reported to their bases as planned, despite being given a signal to report to the front lines of the conflict.

The Army authorities have now proclaimed the desertion soldiers wanted after charging them of AWOL, or Absent Without Leave, a grave military offense. A few days have passed since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu named Maj Gen. Olufemi Oluyede the interim Chief of Army Staff, or COAS.

Following the indisposition of Lt. Gen. Taoheed, the COAS, who is presently on leave overseas due to an undisclosed illness, Gen. Oluyele was appointed. According to the magazine, some Nigerian military troops have been leaving the fight against the terrorists, while others have quit their regiment due to a lack of proper weaponry and fighting platforms.

Some irate troops have also given welfare and claimed that their superiors compromised in the fight against terrorism as grounds for quitting the military. The online site claimed that the Army authorities had promised to punish the soldiers whenever they were captured, citing a military signal.

According to the newspaper, the impacted personnel’ s bank accounts have also been frozen by Army authorities. The signal mandated any soldier with information on the whereabouts of the missing personnel to ” intimate NAIC and NACMP to apprehend them if seen and bring them under military escort for disciplinary action. ”

The impacted soldiers were assigned to 403 Amphibious Brigade in Baga town, Borno State, from a variety of groups and formations, SaharaReporters learned. Nigeria’ s Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Sector 3 includes 403 AMPH BDE.

Mostly military forces from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria make up the MNJTF, a unified international formation tasked with ending the Boko Haram insurgency. Nevertheless, the desired soldiers have been missing for a month without explanation, even though they were supposed to report to the unit by October 31, 2024.