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Metele: Battle-weary Soldiers Demand Redeployment after Three Years
Battle weary and surviving soldiers of 175 Task Force Battalion, Metele, Borno State, weekend called on military authorities to redeploy them after three years of battling insurgents.
The battalion recorded high casualty figures when rampaging terrorists attacked it last month, killing over 23 soldiers.
The soldiers, who spoke to THISDAY, lamented battle orders issued to soldiers to return to Metele without any arms and ammunition to back it up.
The soldiers earlier decried the freezing of bank accounts of soldiers who fell in the battle as well as surviving soldiers, making it difficult for them to feed and forcing some to depend on families at home for handouts.
“We were asked to return to Metele after recent attacks without weapons. How do we dislodge them (terrorists) with bare hands?
THISDAY, December 24, 2018
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