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By Daniel Abia Snr. Correspondent, P/Harcourt
International Ministers Forum (IMF) has appealed to the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government to avoid the temptation of killing the 92 soldiers alleged to have committed various degrees of offences following their refusal to confront the Boko Haram terrorist sect in the battle of Konduga.
The forum said killing of the soldiers would be a plus to the insurgents who believe that they have already inflicted enough pains on the country even as they keep advancing in acquisition of more territories.
This is even as the forum alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has witnessed more bloodletting than the Nigerian civil war and other civil crises put together in the history of the country.
Speaking exclusively in a telephone interview in Port Harcourt at the weekend, the President of the Forum, Apostle Eugene Ogu, said there was nothing wrong if the soldiers were honest enough to say that they would not be able to confront the Boko Haram because the insurgents were better equipped.
“The position of the soldiers is the true reflection of the country under the present leadership. You don’t send soldiers to go and fight terrorists who are better armed than the federal troops.
“I am sure that the soldiers who obeyed the orders to go for the fight must have been killed by Boko Haram.
“I want to warn the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government not to make the mistake of killing those soldiers. But because of the laid down norms in the Army, they can only be retired from the military and their entitlements paid,” Ogu advised.
“Should the soldiers be killed for exercising their fundamental rights of speaking out their minds, then those involved in the exportation of US$9.3million must as well be executed for an attempt to import arms and ammunition into the country.
The cleric who was also the Rivers State chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), said Nigeria needs a holistic surgery as a nation, adding that when the soldiers raised alarm over poor fighting equipment, President Jonathan’s aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe was busy defending such inadequacies.

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