A group of soldiers in the north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment BBC is reporting. One of the mutineers who requested anonymity says at least 40 of his colleagues would refuse orders to deploy. He told the BBC Hausa Service...
"Soldiers are dying like fowl. The Nigerian army is not ready to fight Boko Haram. Boko Haram are inside the bush, everywhere. They [senior commanders] are sacrificing soldier. I joined the army to defend my country", but you cannot defend it without being equipped to do so, he said.
Defence ministry spokesman Gen Chris Olukolade told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that he could not confirm the reports of a mutiny but would investigate…
We may not have all it takes but we are improving on it [equipment] regularly. Even the vehicles the soldiers were expected to use were old armoured cars that were not up to the job,’ he said.
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