"Why We Can't Defeat Boko Haram"-
Army Commander And Family
Threatened Over Letter to Jonathan
An army commander, who wrote a comprehensive
letter to President Goodluck Jonathan exposing the
rot and high level corruption militating against a
successful campaign against Boko Haram insurgents,
is now under threat.
Lieutenant Colonel A. Wende of the 103 Battalion,
who is currently serving in “Operation Zamani Lafiya” in Konduga, wrote the letter detailing the challenges confronting the army in trying to crush Boko Haram, including within the army leadership.
SaharaReporters learnt that the army authorities
have threatened to court-martial Lt. Col Wende if he
does not openly denounce the letter. On grounds of principle, the officer has so far refused to renounce the letter.
In the letter, the army commander made several
damning allegations against his superiors including
pinpointing how the General Officer commanding the 7th Battalion in Maiduguri was diverting over 600 bags of rice meant for the troops.
Lt. Col. Wende went as far as revealing that Nigerian
army generals, including the Chief of Army Staff,
Major General Minimah, do not go anywhere near
the battlefronts.
He further disclosed that over 70% of army
commanders are facing court martial proceedings
instituted by the Nigerian army leadership.
In view of these facts being indisputable, and unable to frighten Lt. Col Wende with threats of a court martial, General Minimah on Monday tried to
dismiss the letter as fake and as having been written by people he claimed are affiliated with Boko Haram.
Meanwhile, SaharaReporters has also learned that
the army’s Defence headquarters has since last week quietly began to investigate the Acting GOC of 7th Division, perhaps in connection with the allege
diversion of the 600 bags of rice.
In order to assist the public to understand the
severity and importance of Lt. Col. Wende’s letter, we hereby publish the unredacted copy of his letter to President Jonathan in full.
saharareporters.com/2014/12/23/why-we-cant-defeat-boko-haram-army-commander-and-family-threatened-over-letter-jonathan

When lnjustice become Law, Resistance becomes Duty.

I knew it would boil down to the intimidation. that's what they are known for.

He should expect that...

Where's the copy of the letter?

In the land of myth and in the time of majic the destiny of a great kingdom rest on a shoulder of a young boy ........ His name .............

i guess he should have known this before embarking on this trip.

These are testing times for mr president. Hope he handles this matter with utter professionalism and bring the situation to an applaudable resolution. In the face of such high level of insecurity, the only hope reserved for its defeat, are rather throwing stones at each other. My advice to mr president is to use his power as the C.I.C. of armed forces to institute an indipendent pannel of inquiry that should not involve the Army highrachy, into the allegations made by the field commander. And if found cogent, the highrachy should be reshuffled and those found wanting, demoted or retired compulsorily. This matter should not be left for the army alone to tackle, for injustice, favouritism and fear of personality might influence the outcome of its conclusions, which will not aid the state of the Nigerian Armed forces liable to sentence, convict and execute this overbearing insurgency. This should also call to our memory, the allegations levelled by the 54 convicted soldiers.

This only reaffirmed my reservations and fears, of course, i know it will boil down to this threath.

The Officer should be protected - #MyThoughts