The
Nigerian army has responded to allegations of mistreatment by about
3000 soldiers recently re-engaged after being dismissed as untrue.
Some
of the soldiers had anonymously told Daily Trust that they have
embarked on hunger strike to protest the army's refusal to post them
five months after re-engagement.
The
soldiers are part of about 2,500 soldiers and 102 officers dismissed
from service over alleged offenses committed during counter insurgency
operations in the north east.
Responding, army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman on Friday said the allegations by the reinstated soldiers are not true.
"However,
it is should be noted that the Nigerian Army has been tolerant and
patient with their acts of indiscipline and unprofessional conducts," he
added.
Usman
said: "This was based on the understanding of their circumstances and
conditions. Efforts have been made to retrain them, integrate and give
them sense of belonging."
"But
the attitude of some of them has left so much to be desired and would
not be tolerated anymore. The Nigerian Army thrives on discipline,
loyalty and good conduct and if anyone of them could not measure up to
expectation or live by those tenets, he should leave," the army
headquarters statement said.
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