Aljazeerah shared a video on its Facebook page of a man who claimed to be a Nigerian soldier shared photos of soldiers attached to the 3rd armored division training in their ordinary clothing's without uniforms, or boots at the Nigerian Army Training Center in Katangura, Niger state.
It was said that the soldier who shared the photos, refused to reveal his identity for fear of being sacked. He claimed to be one of the reinstated soldiers who was fired before for refusing to fight Boko Haram.
The unknown soldier expresses his self read in details;
"How can someone be training with his bathroom slippers? How could someone be training in his ordinary clothes? None of us having rifle. None of us having uniform. Majority of soldiers are hungry" he said
Saying the military hierarchy stole the budget of the military
"I beleive the government released the money but it is unfortunate that some people have decided that that is the only way of making their million"he said
However the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai says soldiers do not necessarily have to always train in their uniforms.
"You don't have to always train in your uniform. The ethics is been dispatched to their units for them to be relocated and to be rearmed" he said
The soldier also said that the their wives and children lack electricity, good toilet facility or running water.
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