The Daily Sun repoprts that the women kicked against the movement of their spouses in a peaceful demonstration held at the 21 Armoured Brigade (Giwa Barracks) in Maiduguri on Monday, 11 August, 2014.
According to the soldiers’ wives, the planned movement of their spouses and their families from the barracks to troubled Bama town in central Borno would not augur well for them.
Nigerian soldiers
They also complained about poor security network and lack of adequate weapons at the newly upgraded barracks at Bama as reasons for their unwillingness to move there.
“Bama barracks is not safe for us. We understand the duty and oath of allegiance of our husbands as soldiers, but the authorities should also understand that we’re human beings. Bama will expose our children to security challenges.
“Unfortunately, they don’t even have adequate weapons to do their job well for now and there is no proper security at the Bama Barracks yet.
“We won’t forget the Boko Haram attack on Giwa Barracks last time in a hurry and what they did in Bama. The authorities should please help us,” one of the protesting women said.
The protesting women, in their statement, recalled the attack on Giwa
barracks in early March, alleging that some soldiers lost their lives
during the attack because of poor weapons.
They however called on the military authorities not to move the soldiers to Bama until adequate facilities and security measures were put in place in the area.
Meanwhile, a military source informed that the movement of the troop was part of the military expansion of its presence in Borno for effective coordination of its counter-terrorism operations in the northeast states, especially after the establishment of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army.
It was learnt that some personnel of the brigade have been moved to the Bama Tank Battalion.
It would be recalled that the Nigerian military have been waging war against terror attacks by the Islamists group, Boko Haram, for almost a decade.
The insurgents sect, who claimed to be fighting against western education in northern Nigeria, is believed to have killed over 4,000 innocent lives in Nigeria since 2009.
Most of Boko Haram attacks are carried out in the norther-eastern part of Nigeria and Borno is believe to be the headquarter of the group.
They however called on the military authorities not to move the soldiers to Bama until adequate facilities and security measures were put in place in the area.
Meanwhile, a military source informed that the movement of the troop was part of the military expansion of its presence in Borno for effective coordination of its counter-terrorism operations in the northeast states, especially after the establishment of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army.
It was learnt that some personnel of the brigade have been moved to the Bama Tank Battalion.
It would be recalled that the Nigerian military have been waging war against terror attacks by the Islamists group, Boko Haram, for almost a decade.
The insurgents sect, who claimed to be fighting against western education in northern Nigeria, is believed to have killed over 4,000 innocent lives in Nigeria since 2009.
Most of Boko Haram attacks are carried out in the norther-eastern part of Nigeria and Borno is believe to be the headquarter of the group.
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