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Herdsmen Killings: Military Reacts To Danjuma's Call On Nigerians To Defend Themselves
The Ministry of Defence has said that it had
received reports from Nigerians on the misconduct of soldiers as regards the
farmers and herdsmen's clashes.
The Ministry of Defence has said that it had
received reports from Nigerians on the misconduct of soldiers as regards the
farmers and herdsmen's clashes.
It said it has also put such soldiers through
“disciplinary procedures.”
Former Defence chief, General TY Danjuma had on
Saturday at the maiden convocation ceremony of Taraba state University in
Jalingo, Taraba state capital, urged Nigerians to defend themselves against the incessant killing by Fulani herdsmen.
He also accused the Nigerian army of
inappropriate conducts in handling the clashes between farmers and herdsmen.
The ministry told Punch that it has, however, not
received any of such reports from Taraba State, adding that people were free to
bring their complaints on the activities of the troops.
Spokesperson for the Minister of Defence, Mansur
Dan-Ali, Col. Tukur Gusau, spoke with Punch on Monday.
He said the government could not work with “general
comments or allegations, if no specific report was made to the military
authorities.”
Gusau said, “We have the Human Rights violation desk
in all the formations of the Nigerian Army and a similar channel in the other
arms of the military.
“Nigerians can also come directly to the Ministry of
Defence.
“They can go to the Nigerian Army headquarters. Our
doors are always open.
“If a soldier on duty has done something you feel is
inappropriate, you have a duty to report that soldier. The office of the
defence minister is open to everyone.
“The era where civilians are afraid of military
actions is gone. Yes, we have been having such reports about the misconduct of
soldiers in the theatre of operation.
“Nigerians have been coming to report incidents and
we have been taking care of them. There have been disciplinary procedures.
“Soldiers have been put through disciplinary
procedures.
“We have not received anything yet from Taraba
State. We need to work on specific things.
“To my knowledge, we didn’t receive anything in
respect of our operations in Taraba State.”
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