Former Minister of Aviation, Olufemi Fani-Kayode, has taken a swipe
at President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Defence, Rtd Brig. Gen.
Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf
Buratai over the alleged ‘secret burial’ of soldiers killed by Boko
Haram insurgents.
“The most reprehensible thing that our government can do is to
cover-up the fact that 105 of our soldiers were killed by Boko Haram in
battle.It is evil”.
“A soldier ought to be honored in death and this is especially so if
he dies in the course of doing his duty and fighting for his nation”.
“The government has not only dishonored them by not acknowledging
their sacrifice but they have also buried them in the wilderness like
rabid dogs”
“This is wickedness of the highest order and Pres. Buhari, his Chief
of Army Staff and his Min. of Defence should bury their heads in shame”.
“I am outraged by the fact that a soldier will sacrifice his life for
his country yet the citizens of that country don’t even appreciate it,”
he posted on his Twitter Handle.
Online news website, Premium Times, had reported that 105 soldiers
attached to the 157 Battalion were killed after they came under a
penetrating attack from Boko Haram in Gudunbali.
However, the Director of Army Public Relations at the Defence
Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja, Col.Sani Usman, described the report as a
smear camapiagn against the Nigerian military. He also told THISDAY
newspapers that the burial that took place was not that of the purported
105 dead or missing soldiers.
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