SHOCKING: Nigerian Army Brigade Commander Caught Selling Sophisticated Weapons To Boko Haram Terrorist
A Brigade Commander is among 16 officers and troops being court martialed for selling arms to Boko Haram terrorists.He is facing a secret trial in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State over what happened to 21 anti-aircraft guns assigned this year to his artillery brigade.
The brigade commander, not yet identified, claimed before his arrest that he only received one gun, the Associated Press reported.
Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, the theatre commander in northeastern Nigeria, told a news conference last week that military authorities have confirmed that some soldiers were selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram.He called it a betrayal of the Nigerian people. He gave no more details.
The admission comes three weeks after the Nigerian army said a military tribunal is trying 16 officers and troops accused of offences related to the fight against Boko Haram, including the theft and sale of ammunition.
President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed corruption for the deaths of thousands in the seven-year Islamic uprising that has killed more than 20,000. Children who escaped Boko Haram are dying of starvation in refugee camps in the northeast, where the government is investigating the alleged theft of food aid.
In addition, a slew of retired and current military officers are
