The Ministry of Defence has said
that it had received reports from Nigerians on the misconduct of soldiers as
regards the farmers and herdsmen’s clashes.
It said it has also put such
soldiers through “disciplinary procedures.”
Former Defence chief, General TY
Danjuma had on Saturday at the maiden convocation ceremony of Taraba state
University in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, urged Nigerians to defend
themselves against the incessant killing by Fulani herdsmen.
He also accused the the Nigerian
army of inappropriate conducts in handling the clashes between farmers and
herdsmen.
The ministry told Punch that it
has, however, not received any of such reports from Taraba State, adding that
people were free to bring their complaints on the activities of the troops.
Spokesperson for the Minister of
Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, Col. Tukur Gusau, spoke with Punch on Monday.
He said the government could not
work with “general comments or allegations, if no specific report was made to
the military authorities.”
Gusau said, “We have the Human
Rights violation desk in all the formations of the Nigerian Army and a similar
channel in the other arms of the military.
“Nigerians can also come directly
to the Ministry of Defence.
“They can go to the Nigerian Army
headquarters. Our doors are always open.
“If a soldier on duty has done
something you feel is inappropriate, you have a duty to report that soldier.
The office of the defence minister is open to everyone.
“The era where civilians are
afraid of military actions is gone. Yes, we have been having such reports about
the misconduct of soldiers in the theatre of operation.
“Nigerians have been coming to
report incidents and we have been taking care of them. There have been
disciplinary procedures.
“Soldiers have been put through
disciplinary procedures.
“We have not received anything
yet from Taraba State. We need to work on specific things.
“To my knowledge, we didn’t
receive anything in respect of our operations in Taraba State.”
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