We Are Not Fighting Boko Haram Until We Get Better Equipment- Nigerian Soldiers



A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment, one of the mutineers has told the BBC.


The soldier, who requested anonymity, said at least 40 of his colleagues would refuse orders to deploy.
The military has not commented on the reported mutiny or the demands.
A state of emergency that was declared in three north-eastern states last year has failed to curb the insurgency.


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The Nigerian army is not ready to fight Boko Haram”
A mutinying soldier in Borno state
Boko Haram is fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria - and has stepped up its attacks after being pushed out of its bases in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, targeting towns and villages in deadly raids.
'Sacrificing soldiers'
"Soldiers are dying like fowl," the soldier, who said he and his colleagues were just outside Maiduguri, told the BBC Hausa service.
"The Nigerian army is not ready to fight Boko Haram," he said, explaining that soldiers were not being given enough weapons and ammunition to take them on.
"Boko Haram are inside the bush, everywhere," he said "They [senior commanders] are sacrificing soldiers," he said.

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