Troops Refuse Deployment Against Boko Haram Demanding Superior Weapons

Nigeria Soldiers

It was learned that 30 Nigerian soldiers based in Maiduguri, Borno State, this morning refused to proceed to Bama area to engage insurgents belonging to the dreaded Boko Haram sect.

The Troops refused orders to fight on the grounds that they were not provided with the kind of sophisticated guns and other equipment used by fighters of the Islamist militant group.


Many Nigerian soldiers and officers have complained that Boko Haram fighters often attack them with much more superior equipment. Others have accused their commanders and Defense officials in Abuja of purchasing obsolete hardware and military gear.

The soldiers were disgruntled over the deaths of several colleagues and theirs ambushed and killed by Boko Haram insurgents.

“They said they are not prepared to take the risk of going to battle in Bama until they are adequately armed with better weapons,”