A retired sergeant in the Nigerian Army,Mike Omorege, has exposed the Nigeria Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Reveals why Nigerian Army has not defeated Boko Haram. In a chat with Saharareporters, Omorege said that corrupt military leaders are responsible for the unending battle with Boko Haram and other insurgent groups in the country, adding that without the sacking of Buratai, The war against Boko Haram will not End because Buratai is using it to make money.
“The truth of the matter is that most of the Nigerian Army senior officers are very corrupt. The Nigerian Army is very good and one of the strongest. “Anywhere you take Nigerian officers to, they turn the place to business ground where they don’t want things to work out.
“If you want to get the truth, as long as you are interviewing the senior officers, you won’t get the truth, it’s the soldiers on the ground that will tell you what is happening there.
“The Nigerian Army officers don’t want the war to end because they know what they are doing and the business they are doing.” “If they want the war to end, let them remove the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air Staff, bring in a neutral person that is not up to their rank and tell the person that when you succeed, I’m going to promote you, that person will deliver. “The soldiers know the officers that burst their morale. When we went to Sierra Leone and Liberia, we delivered the capital and returned it back to the civilian government. “There’s no big deal in Boko Haram that Nigerian Army cannot succeed. “The military chief just moved to the North-East because it’s a shame to him seeing the Chadians succeed, they’ve turned the fight to business. “Check the number of soldiers that have died but the government is not doing anything about it and they are not animals. “This is because there is no son of minister or governor at the war front.”
He also Revealed the lack of synergy between the army and the Air Force as one of the reasons why the fight against insurgency was yet to end. “The major question is this, the relationship between the ground troop, infantry and the Air Force is very bad, that is why they need to change the chief.
“The two troops are not happy with each other, there is also a big difference in their salary mode and all those things add to the issue. “We have to finish this war to save money, if not they’ll run it in another four to five years, the war will not end, they’ll keep on spending money and lives would be wasted. “Let the troops on ground decide who they want, they’ll be motivated and happy to fight instead of bringing the lazy ones to lead the soldiers.” He added.
