Man who claims to be Nigerian army captain sends message to Buhari
- A man who claims to be Nigerian soldier has called on the president to look into the cases of wounded soldiers
- He alleged most of his colleagues have expressed regret fighting for Nigeria
- The alleged soldier called on well-meaning Nigerians to also support them
- The Nigerian Army however says the claims are false
A Nigerian who posing as army captain has cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari to come to the aid of soldiers who were wounded while fighting against Boko Haram terrorists.
In an explosive letter to Legit.ng, the army captain revealed that he has been injured since 2014 but funds have not been released for his surgery.
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He said this has affected the spirit of most of the soldiers are they express regret for Nigeria.
But the Nigerian Army spokesman, Brigadier-General Sani Usman, says the claims in the letter are false.
“We have list and know all personnel on various hospital admission and there is no such an officer let alone a Captain. It is sheer mischief by an unidentified unscrupulous element,” the army spokesman said in a message to Legit.ng.
Read his message below:
I am crying out to the president, the Senate & COAS to see reasons for hastily treatment of troops who put their lives to defend this great country.
It would surprise every Nigerians and the president that soldiers who were wounded in the fight against the ongoing insurgency are still lying helpless in the various military hospitals.
As I speak to you, I was wounded in the fight 2014 and up till now, I am still laying in the hospital without my surgery, reason been that, the Nigerian army claim there is no money for our treatment for now.
Each time I set my eyes on other soldiers crying under pains, using regretting words for their effort not considered, I wept. How can the Nigerian army authority be this wicked?
Most of us with surgical issues came in here for over years, as usual in the military, a medical board was done with an outcome of a total estimate of our surgery some as low as two hundred thousand and above but we would be left without the surgery for years and we ask the medical director, we were shocked to be told that, the army headquarters have not approved it and something have not released money for our treatment.
I know on seeing this, the Nigerian Army would deny it but I am asking the president, members of senate and well meaning Nigerians to visit the following military hospitals to see this for themselves. 7Div medical hospital Maiduguri, Teaching hospital Maiduguri, 68NARH Yaba, Lagos state, 44NARHK Kaduna state and 2Div medical hospital.
This has brought so much fear to most of our colleagues in the theatre of war, because each time we tell them situation we are going through, they responded with panic and advise to trade with caution.
I am using the medium to invite people concern to please treat us as heroes and not criminals. Gos bless the president, the Senate, COAS, and Nigerians
In his reaction, the spokesperson of the Nigerian army, Sanu Kukasheka Usman denied that any soldiers was abandoned by the military.
He said: "We have list and know all personnel on various hospital admission and there is no such an officer let alone a Captain. It is sheer mischief by an unidentified unscrupulous element.''.
Meanwhile, the recent killings in Adamawa and Zamfara state attracted the attention of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris.
Mubi and Numan in Adamawa state and Shinkafi and Maradun areas in Zamfara state have been under the siege in the last few days.
IGP Idris ordered commissioners of police and their supervising assistant inspectors to prevent further attacks, beef up security in their areas of responsibilities and carryout discreet investigation into the killings.
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