– Residents of Chibok community have accused the Nigerian Army of highhandedness
– The spokesperson of the Chibok community Manasseh Allen said a senior officer threatened to shoot him and some of his colleagues in Chibok
– He also said the commanding officer assigned to the community manhandled Chibok residents
The spokesperson of the Chibok community Manasseh Allen has accused a Nigerian army senior officer of threatening to shoot him and some of his colleagues in Chibok.
Allen in a statement said the commanding officer assigned to the community manhandled Chibok residents.
He added that the CO was rigid and never welcome any form of suggestions from residents all through his stay in the community.
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Allen said the CO was,“unfriendly, unprofessional and brutish”.
He said: “Having spent about two years in Chibok, the CO was sent on a course and the people felt great relief from his unfriendly, unprofessional and brutish style of interacting with locals in Chibok.”
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“Accused of divisive tendencies along religious lines, he once threatened to shoot us when IG Wala, Olatunji Lanre-Baruwa, Bukky Shonibare and I were on a humanitarian outing to Chibok,” Allen said.
Allen added that the CO kept him and his colleagues standing for hours.
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“While on course, the people thought the end of the operational style of such an officer had gone. The community, through its Chairman made several reports to the District Head on the matter in writing, aside several reports to the Chief of Army Staff.
“Shockingly, the same Commanding Officer has now been re-posted to Chibok and moved to mount Kautikari, one of the largest villages in Chibok, near the Boko Haram terrorists crossing point.
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“We plead for immediate return of the former Commanding Officer to Chibok, who worked day and night to secure Chibok and its environs with serious coordination between his team and youth vigilantes.” he said.
Meanwhile, the president of the United States of America Donald Trump spoke to President Muhammadu Buhari over the telephone on Monday, February 13.
Trump encouraged Buhari on his effort to eliminate Boko Haram insurgents from Nigeria.
He also commended Buhari on his effort to securing the release of the Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram members on April 14, 2014.
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