The Nigerian Army has dismissed over 300 soldiers from service for deserting thecounter-insurgency campaign in the North-East and going away without leave, among other allegations.
Findings by our correspondent revealed that the men were disengaged by their unit commanders between 2015 and 2016.
The men had complained about the mode of transportation and proceeded to trek for five days to the battlefront at Baga to retake the location from Boko Haram. Three weeks later on January 4, 2016, Omolori discharged the second set of 30 soldiers and another 24 men also for desertion. Also, on February 28, 2016, 24 soldiers were demobilised for going AWOL just as 36 privates who graduated from the Army depot were sent packing by the authorities for certificate forgery, inconsistent BVN, age fraud, among other issues.
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