A senior commander, Olusegun Adeniyi, a major-general and commander of operation lafiya dole, Nigeria’s counter-terrorism headquarters in Maiduguri, w
A senior commander, Olusegun Adeniyi, a major-general and commander of operation lafiya dole, Nigeria’s counter-terrorism headquarters in Maiduguri, who appeared in a video complaining about poor equipping of troops after an attack by Boko Haram left dozens of soldiers dead has been removed, PremiumTimes is reporting.
The video came barely a few days after Adeniyi was seen complaining about the brazen nature of Boko Haram attacks on troops. He also complained that insurgents were outgunning troops and an intelligence failure was responsible for an attack that left dozens of soldiers killed last week. The video became an instant hit on social media, sparking outrage and a relentless torrent of abuses against President Muhammadu Buhari and other senior military and government officials overseeing the war efforts.
Although the army’s redeployments appeared routine, as dozens of top generals were asked to switch positions effectively April 1 in a circular that went out on Monday, its timing has fuelled insinuations that the commander was the main target.
Adeniyi was moved to the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, a military facility for strategy and innovation based in Abuja, as a research fellow. The new commander of the army’s operation against Boko Haram is F. Yahaya, a major general, drafted from Headquarters 1 Division in Kaduna.
