Soldiers of Operation Hadarin Daji, Team 3, Magami of the Nigerian Army deployed to fight terrorists in Zamfara State in the country’s North-West region have lamented non-payment of their December allowance and a drastic reduction in their meals and beverages. SaharaReporters learnt that the soldiers who are currently at the war front are being fed only once daily as opposed to the normal three square meals per day. The circumstance has forced the soldiers to supplement their food with their own money.
Troops attached to 145 Taskforce Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Damasak, Borno State for Operation Hadi Kai have lamented the alleged misuse of power against their rights by their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel A. O. Olatunji (N/11554). The soldiers who spoke to SaharaReporters during the weekend, on condition of anonymity over fear of victimisation, lamented acute hunger. According to them, they are not being properly fed.
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered investigation into allegation of poor feeding of frontline troops in the North East Theatre of operations. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that the welfare of troops has been given