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January 7, 2020
TheNigerian Army Headquarters has vowed to carry out investigation into theallegation of extortion of commuters by its personnel in Borno State with aview to sanction them.
Thisfollowed an allegation by Governor Babagana Zulum, of Borno State, when heencountered an incident at a military checkpoint along Damaturu-Maiduguri road.
TheGovernor was reported to have accused soldiers of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’,deployed along Maiduguri–Damaturu Road, of extorting commuters and causing themunnecessary hardship.
TheNigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, in astatement said the Army, as a professional and disciplined institution, viewedsuch allegations seriously, particularly coming from a governor.
Accordingto him, it is on record that whenever such allegations of troops’ misconductwere made in the past, the Army never reneged in conducting thoroughinvestigations.