CORRUPTION IN THE ARMY EXPOSED: A BRAVE SOLDIER FROM OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE WRITES PRESIDENT BUHARI AN OPEN LETTER.

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His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, Commander in Chief of the Nigerian Arrmed Forces, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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Your Excellency, Having read the online correspondence between Dr. Idris Ahmed of CUPS and our Army spokesman, Brigadier Generral S.K. Usman, I have decided to take a major risk and write to your Excellency directly over this issue.
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Sir, I am a course-mate of Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu, who Oga S.K. claimed that he has gone AWOL. We trained at the same company, Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria, Kaduna State. We are presently posted to Operation LAFIYA DOLE.

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On behalf of all the colleagues of Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu, I categorically refute the allegation that Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu deserted the Army. The Sections 59 – 63 of the Armed Forces Act, Cap A20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, as quoted by Oga S.K., has always been mentioned by our superiors, to protect themselves and antagonise us, whenever they have done mischief.
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Your Excellency, the case of Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu is actually not an isolated one. There are many such cases of soldiers who got wounded at the battlefront. It is true, some are well looked after, as mentioned by Oga S.K. Usman in his press release. Unfortunately, due to corruption in the system, some unfortunate soldiers, mostly from less privileged backgrounds, are left to fend for themselves.

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Like myself, Pvt. Abdulrauf Aliyu comes from a humble family. He sustained life threatening injuries in the abdomen during a routine operation. The initial first aid treatment and medical care that he received was very inadequate. With full Army permission, Pvt Abdulrauf Aliyu and his family paid for his transfer to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Unfortunately, the care he received in Maiduguri Teaching Hospital too was inadequate.
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Eventually, his family had to pay for his transfer to a specialist facility in Sokoto. Your Excellency, corruption in the army is REAL, and it is killing us. Every man and woman who decided to join the army knows the risks. While we expect to die in the hands of the enemy, we don’t expect to die in the hands of the Nigerian Army, due to corruption and criminal negligence. Just the other week, about 14 (I am not sure of the exact numbers) of our colleagues died in the hands of Boko Harram, who attacked the Army camp.

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The circumstances surrounding their unnecessary death warrants a full investigation by his Excellency. Sir, you will be shocked of the outcome. The bodies of the slain heroes are still lying here in Damaturu, Yobe state. The story of this incidence has hardly been officially published by the army or Nigerian media. Attached is the picture of the commander of the camp. He too died in the attack.

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Your Excellency, this is the third month in a row that we have been denied of our operations allowance. We have to rely ONLY on our meager salary for everything. From battalion commanders, to Company and Sectors leaders, we are all in debt, because our salaries are not enough to sustain us at the battlefront while feeding our families back at home.

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It is a big shame that we have joined the Army to defend the civilians, yet we have to go to the civilians in town to borrow money to fend for ourselves at the battlefront. Take for instance the food that we are fed. Most of the times it is not fit for human consumption.

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I attach for your perusal, your Excellency, the lunch that was fed to us this afternoon (3/11/2017). As you can clearly see, there is not a single piece of meat or fish in it. The taste of the food is so bad that we have to add surplus salt to be able to eat it. This is also dangerous for our health. A plate of our food per soldier is probably about two hundred Naira (N200).

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It is said that the Federal Government spends about fourteen thousand Naira (N14,000) on each prisoner in Nigeria. Here, at the battlefront in Operation LAFIYA DOLE, the Army spends about six hundred Naira (N600) per day per soldier on feeding us, while in reality billions of Naira is appropriated per year for this purpose.

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Your Excellency, we are treated like animals. Most of us are afraid to talk because of the dire consequence.

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As the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, your Excellency, kindly investigate.
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There is corruption in the Army. Brave soldiers are needlessly dying.

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By Patriotic Soldier. Operation LAFIYA DOLE. Damaturu. Yobe State. 3/11/2017
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https://www.naija.ng/1133709-nigerian-soldier-writes-president-buhari-open-letter.html#1133709

I thought soldiers are meant to be Zombies who follows orders without nagging .

But this one jst publicly wrote to the grand commander.

haywire07:
I thought soldiers are meant to be Zombies who follows orders without nagging .

But this one jst publicly wrote to the grand commander.

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They're still humans bro.... I know what this boys go through... That was why I decided to share this when I saw it..
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We commissioned officers, go through certain dehumanizing treatment... then imagine what this boys with no degree goes through... its pathetic...
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lemme park here

What is the discipline they are talking about the army?

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Woow!!! Brave soldier. This is one of the reasons joining any force or federal govt institutions Nigeria aint possible to me. Imagine common 19800 they cannot pay claiming d payment platform is faulty anyways e no concern me again because me don go AWOL sef.. i cannot die or serve a country dat dnt value me.