The Nigerian Army says calm has been restored to the Maiduguri International Airport following the Sunday’s protest by some soldiers of the Special Strike Forces in Operation Lafiya Dole.

The soldiers had protested against their posting to Marte, a Local Government Area in Northern Borno State.

Confirming the development in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST on Monday, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu , Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command operation Lafiya Dole, said calm had since been restored, as the Theatre Commander, Major General Abba Dikko had promptly taken charge of the situation after addressing and admonishing the troops.

He said, “The Theatre Command yesterday witnessed a riotous reaction from a few unscrupulous troops while conducting a redeployment of troops who are currently deployed at the Maiduguri Airport, following a directive to review troops' deployment in Maidugurimetropolis in a bid to reinvigorate the security architecture of the city.

“The redeployment became expedient after a recent assessment of the security situation by the Theatre Command. Regrettably however, a few of the troops who had misunderstood the development and erroneously assumed it was going to negatively affect their rotation from the theatre of operation became agitated and reacted by firing into the air.

“Calm has, however, been restored, as the Theatre Commander, Major General Abba Dikko has promptly taken charge of the situation after addressing and admonishing the troops."

http://dailypost.ng/2018/08/13/calm-returns-maiduguri-airport-protest-soldiers/

After spending close to 4yrs as a guest reader finally opened an acct 2dae and had my 1st ftc
A big shoutout to alfa nairaland and dotman who introduced me to this forum
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This is really serious!

Okay..... Next

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chai

If they were treated right no soldiers should protest after being deployed.... But our nation, selfishness and greed is d order of d day... Risking the life of young soldiers... God heal our land and have mercy on us... Cos its like God is angry with blacks

Make una go house oo

dem fit don kill the pythons o. just for resisting
..who cares ?

And they will court martial them and execute them secretly for fighting for their right to life and unjust deployment, poor boys

Life isn't fair to most people born in Nigeria without a godfather or rich family to speak for them

From the report already, they have singled out some of them who probably have nobody to stand for them and labelled them unscrupulous soldiers, and they will be heading to execution front to be tied on the drum and shot at close range while their colleagues who have godfathers and from big family backgrounds will be getting instant promotion and posting to comfortable regions to harass innocent Nigerians

But I am here to speak for them and to warn the military commanders and the leadership of Nigeria that if these soldiers get jailed or executed for this, their blood will rise up and consume many souls among the top military leadership and Nigerian federal government leadership as well, and it will take down their beloved ones sooner or later

An undisciplined army is a hallmark of a failed state.

push up push ready!

Who wan die before naa

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the tales I have heard from a couple of sodiers that have served in that north east have all been nothing but Lamentations and dissapointment in the system.... this country does not in anyway encourage patriotism in those men...its really sad the level of dysfunction in the military

When they were posted to d East to python dance there was no protest but as the cowards they are the fear of Boko Haram made them thought twice before they die like rats.
If na to suppress protests by unarmed civilians they would run like zombies and use civilians as target practice

Kill dem all..!

The soldiers are right on this one after spending 4yrs fighting
They should be sent home and fresh people replace them.
4years in the mouth of death no be small thing.

Its unfortunately that soldiers have little right to protest being sent on a suicide mission.
These guys know the terrain very well and think that they are being used as sacrificial lambs in that deployment just like the 600 that were lost and unaccounted for in Yobe when Boko Haram overran their post due to failure of intelligence by the Quota System commanders.

So boko haram has not be defeated?

Dpharisee:
Dont soldiers have a right to protest being sent on a suicide mission, the know the terrain very well and think that they will used as sacrificial lambs in that deployment just like the 600 that were lost and unaccounted for in Yobe when Boko Haram overran their post due to failure of intelligence by the Quota System commanders.

nope ..they don't have right to protest...any sign of mutiny if highly frowned. upon and will lead to detention..... I really don't know don't envy them..but they knew these things before they joined now...you can't protest ..simple!!!

franchasng:
And they will court martial them and execute them secretly for fighting for their right to life and unjust deployment, poor boys

Life isn't fair to most people born in Nigeria without a godfather or rich family to speak for them

From the report already, they have singled out some of them who probably have nobody to stand for them and labelled them unscrupulous soldiers, and they will be heading to execution front to be tied on the drum and shot at close range while their colleagues who have godfathers and from big family backgrounds will be getting instant promotion and posting to comfortable regions to harass innocent Nigerians

But I am here to speak for them and to warn the military commanders and the leadership of Nigeria that if these soldiers get jailed or executed for this, their blood will rise up and consume many souls among the top military leadership and Nigerian federal government leadership as well, and it will take down their beloved ones sooner or later

True...they will be severely punished for this act...God, help them

So, what you are trying to say is that, you are alive because of Nigerian Army ba?

Drniyi4u:
May God bless our gallant soldiers. The ones who stay awake so that we could sleep.