The troops of the Super Camp 9 in Dikwa area of Borno state have accused their Commanding Officer (CO) of alleged misapplication of their allowances.
The Herald gathered that the soldiers alleged that the CO diverted their cigarette allowance for personal use.
The aggrieved soldiers said instead of N24,000 welfare, including N12,000 given them by the Chief of Army Staff, the CO only paid them N12,000.
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According to him, “The only money he paid is the N12,000 welfare given to us by COAS. Other battalions under the Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, have already paid their soldiers N24,000, including the N12,000 from COAS.”
The troops, however, called on President Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to intervene in the matter.
Earlier, The Herald reported that the Nigerian Army said that more Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists have surrendered to the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in the North East.
The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Iliyasu said that the gallant troops of the Nigerian Army had continued to decimate terrorists and other criminal elements across the various theatres of operations nationwide.
He said that the troops of 144 Battalion in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State had on Feb. 25 dislodged the terrorists who attempted to infiltrate troops location.
Iliyasu added that three of the terrorists were neutralised, while many others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds after the encounter.