4,000 Nigerian soldiers may be laid off due to poor handling of the boko haram insurgency.     

About 4,000 Nigerian soldiers will be dismissed soon, one of the allegedly affected soldiers has told TheCable.The said soldiers are accused of flouting orders to fight Boko Haram insurgents in an operation in Mubi, Adamawa state, in 2014.

Tension appears to be simmering as soldiers in the northeast, and their families are in suppressed agitation over the possibility of being axed. According to a source in the army, who is one of the accused soldiers, a signal had been sent by the army headquarters in Abuja to its divisions for the soldiers to be dismissed without trial.

“We are accused of disobeying orders to fight insurgents and also for allowing them to takeover Mubi town the last time. The army headquarters sent signal for our dismissal,” he said.

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SOURCE: #TheCable