Military Accused Of Training Troops In Bathroom Slippers & Without Uniforms

A video shared last night on the official Facebook page of Aljazeerah showed photos of a man who claimed to be a Nigerian soldier attached to the 3rd armored division training in bathroom slippers and without uniforms at the Nigerian Army Training Center in Katangura, Niger state.

According to the soldier who shared the photos, he is one of the recently reinstated soldiers who was fired by Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for refusing to fight Boko Haram.However he refused to reveal his identity for fear of being penalised.

Read what he said below…..

“How can someone be training with his bathroom slippers[left][/left]? How could someone be training in his ordinary clothes? None of us having rifle. None of us having uniform. Majority of soldiers are hungry” he said

Speaking further, he accused the military management of embezzling the fund for soldiers’ welfare.

“I beleive the government released the money but it is unfortunate that some people have decided that that is the only way of making their million”.

He said that the homes where their wives and children stay lack electricity, good toilet facility or running water.

Chief of Army staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai however said soldiers mustn’t train in their uniforms.

“You dont have to always train in your uniform. The ethics is been dispatched to their units for them to be relocated and to be rearmed”