I Pulled-off This Dirty Uniform And Fled – Soldier Speaks

While speaking in an exclusive interview with TheCable, one of the soldiers who escaped the deadly attack on the military formation in Metele in Borno state, narrated how he escaped.

Meanwhile the operative of the Nigerian Army who spoke off the record, said more than 100 of his colleagues fled the attack, and accused the military authorities of lying to the public about the insurgency in the north-east, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to act.
He said: “Most of our people dropped their arms and pulled off this dirty uniform… the bodies of our troops littered everywhere but we watched the news and heard army headquarters saying troops repelled the attack.
“The army chief and other generals only sit in Abuja and lie to Nigerians whereas soldiers are being killed on daily basis. We lack manpower but nobody is telling the president the truth.
 However, an officer among the troop attacked at Metele told a foreign News platform, Reuters, that “the insurgents took us unawares. We lost about 100 soldiers. It is a huge loss.”
The former military boss blamed the brutal attack on information leakage and said: “the military needs to look at information that leads to intelligence.”
You cannot afford to allow your information to leak. A lot of information is leaking, it is the information you turn into intelligence,” Wahab said.
Wahab also advised the Nigerian Government to provide the troops with efficient equipments and motivate troops fighting Boko Haram terrorists in the northeast.
“We need to reassess. Is the equipment okay? Are the troops motivated? If the will to fight is not there, it behoves disaster because you must continuously motivate them.” Wahab said.
“Whether you like it or not, a lot of issues are involved. And it is not the only military because there is no military solution to this. You need to also look at the political issue, the economic and sociological perspectives,” he added.
He, therefore, affirmed that attention should be diverted from men rather the women should be enlightened to talk their kids out of joining the terrorist group.