SAN FRANCISCO, January 02, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army has denied claims that it was using inferior weapons to fight the Boko Haram terrorist group.
It said it would continue to fight the insurgent group until it won despite all challenges.
“Boko Haram terrorists are not better equipped than the Nigerian Army. Nigerian Army is the pride of the nation,” the army said on its social media pages on Wednesday.
Several videos had surfaced in recent times showing soldiers lamenting that they were given inferior weapons to fight against Boko Haram, which had superior weapons.
In a recent video, a soldier had bemoaned, “Many of our men have died. We have to go home. If Nigeria is ready, they can call us back to fight those idiots (terrorists).
“But we do not have adequate weapons to fight them. We are going home to be with our families. Weapons make a soldier. Without weapons, you are not a soldier.”
On November 18, 2018, a faction of the Boko Haram sect, Islamic State of West Africa, had attacked the 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Borno State, firing rocket-propelled grenades at soldiers and reportedly killing more than 100 soldiers and injury of 31.
Some of the soldiers who survived the incident had claimed the weapons used by the terrorists were more sophisticated than theirs.
But the army on Wednesday described as untrue claims that its men were given inferior weapons to fight against terrorists.
It stated, “Fake news, false publication, hate speech and terrorist propaganda cannot deter our resolve from protecting our nation. No retreat, no surrender. Victory is sure.”
