The Nigerian military says it is
“not possible” to protect all schools in the north-east from Boko Haram
insurgents.
John Agim, defence spokesman, said
this while speaking on a Channels Television programme on Friday.
He explained that the military
does not have the capacity required for its presence in all the schools.
“The military doesn’t have the
manpower to deploy (troops) to all the schools. It is very difficult… it is not
possible,” he said.
“People don’t know the land mass
that we have in the north-east and the number of troops that are deployed in
that place,” he said, adding: “The land mass is very large.
The defence spokesman also denied
allegations that the failure of the military contributed to the recent
abduction of 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state.
“Where the military was deployed
in Dapchi, they (the troops) were taken away. They were deployed for other
assignments. So, it is possible that the Boko Haram can operate in a place for
a long time without the military presence,” he said.
“They were withdrawn out of
Dapchi for another assignment on January 10 and this attack took place on
February 19.”
The Dapchi incident was the
second large-scale abduction of students in the north-east. In 2014, the
insurgents kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School,
Chibok, in Borno state.
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