More than 500 soldiers who fled from Monguno as Islamist
insurgents attacked the town three days ago are now
stranded in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. According to
SR, the soldiers fled from Monguno after Boko Haram
fighters sacked their military base, sending soldiers and
thousands of civilians on the run last Sunday.
Some of the soldiers were seen roaming the streets of
Maiduguri, with some claiming that they ran from their base
after they ran out of bullets during a fierce battle with
Islamist militants.
“Some of us had finished all our bullets and we didn’t
have spare ones, so that is why we left Monguno,”
one of the soldiers revealed.
He added: “On getting to headquarters [Maimalari
barracks] they refused to clear us. Please how can
we fight when we are not empowered?”
The soldiers categorically stated that they went to
Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri to report themselves, but
they were denied entry into the barracks.
Another soldier who spoke to Sahara Reporters said it was
really unfortunate that they were being ignored as if they
deliberately decided to lose their barracks to Boko Haram
fighters.
“Some of our regular soldiers were killed in the course of
defending this nation,” he said. Now we are roaming the
streets of Maiduguri as if it [was] our fault. But our big
officers refused to give us weapons to fight Boko Haram,”
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