Indications emerged weekend that the Army High Command has ordered the arrest and detention of a Brigadier-General attached to the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army (names with-held) over negligence to duty.
According to report, the general’s laxity to duty gave Boko Haram terrorists the chance to capture some communities in Borno State recently.
Vanguard reports that the senior officer, a native of South West Nigeria, was the officer coordinating the military team to outrun several Boko Haram terrorists from Bama, Gwoza, Madagali, Michika and other communities in Borno and Adamawa but failed.
He was further accused of providing poor leadership and failed to instil confidence in the soldiers, which led to some of the troops being decimated.
The source hinted that the insurgents entered the Brigade Headquarters and Armoury freely and carted away vehicles and Tanks.
Vanguard was told that some of the commanders were rescued from the bush by a battalion deployed at Konduga, which was stationed about 15 kilometers behind Bama, the last deployment before Maiduguri.
According to the source; after seizing the equipment at the 21 Brigade Bama, the terrorists used the same weapons to attack the infantry battalion at Konduga but nemesis caught up with them where hundreds of the Boko Haram insurgents were killed.
The source was quoted as saying, “Commanders of troops are supposed to lead soldiers from the frontline but what we discovered is that most of the commanders operate and give orders from the rear.
“If not that our soldiers are rugged and know that the Boko Haram terrorists could not match them professionally, what we are seeing today would have been the opposite.
“Actually, when terrorists see soldiers coming, they run for their lives, but due to poor leadership, the back-up arrangements are not activated. When soldiers therefore run out of ammunition and the terrorists regroup, soldiers will have no other choice than to retreat”, the source further revealed.
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