President Goodluck Jonathan cancelled the scheduled visit to Chibok town, affected by the schoolgirls abduction tragedy, because he is afraid of Nigerian army after the recent mutiny among the 7th Division soldiers, said Femi Falana (SAN).
Photo: Femi Falana
Explaining his position in a telephone interview with Sunday Punch, the human rights activist and lawyer said:
"Is he afraid of Boko Haram? No. He is afraid of the soldiers, his army. The mutiny that occurred in Chibok was a reaction against the way the authority is treating the soldiers. They are not happy. Even Jonathan admitted to these soldiers being ill-equipped during his last media chat. What happened to the trillions of naira budgeted for the army in the last three years?"
Falana also lamented that the authorities don't care about the soldiers, who fight Boko Haram insurgents, like they should, saying that people don't even know the names of those fallen heroes, while the American government sends signed letters to the families of the deceased and pays all the entitlements within 1-month period.
According to the lawyer, intelligent and corageous Nigerian soldiers, who conducted brilliant operations in peacekeeping missions in Sierra Leone and Liberia, now were thrown by the military authorities to "the terrains they don’t understand".
Photo: Femi Falana
Explaining his position in a telephone interview with Sunday Punch, the human rights activist and lawyer said:
"Is he afraid of Boko Haram? No. He is afraid of the soldiers, his army. The mutiny that occurred in Chibok was a reaction against the way the authority is treating the soldiers. They are not happy. Even Jonathan admitted to these soldiers being ill-equipped during his last media chat. What happened to the trillions of naira budgeted for the army in the last three years?"
Falana also lamented that the authorities don't care about the soldiers, who fight Boko Haram insurgents, like they should, saying that people don't even know the names of those fallen heroes, while the American government sends signed letters to the families of the deceased and pays all the entitlements within 1-month period.
According to the lawyer, intelligent and corageous Nigerian soldiers, who conducted brilliant operations in peacekeeping missions in Sierra Leone and Liberia, now were thrown by the military authorities to "the terrains they don’t understand".
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