The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has attributed the killing of dozens of soldiers in ambush in Gorgi, Borno state to the recruitment of ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members in the Army, insisting that Igbo and Christians were the major target of the attack.
OYC while maintaining that the infiltration of the Army by Boko Haram members has been a setback in the fight to end terrorism in the country called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately flush out all members of the terrorist group in the Army.
In a statement signed by the President General, Mazi Okechukwu isiguzoro, OYC called on Defence Headquarters to redeploy Christian soldiers to the Southern part of Nigeria to avoid incidences of sabotage in ending the war.
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(1) Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide mourn the killings of Nigeria soldiers( majority who are Christians mostly from the Southern and Middlebelt part of the Country), in an ambush at Gorgi Village of Borno State, OYC insists that infiltration through absolving of repented Boko Haram sect members into the Nigeria’s Army is the direct consequences of these ambush and the killings of scores of our gallant Soldiers in Gorgi Village,Borno State, OYC Urge the Presidency to the needful and flush out elements of Boko Haram sect in the Army,or we might be losing the war against terrorism and insurgency in the North East.
(2) OYC appeal to the defence headquarters (DHQ) to redeploy all Christian Soldiers to the South as a strategy to win the war against insurgency in the North East,its only when the so called repentant Boko Haram sect that infiltrated in the Army are meant to alone (without Christian Soldiers)execute the war against terrorism, there will be victory on the side of the Nigerian Army because it will be repackaged terrorists versus Boko Haram terrorists, but if paired with Christian Soldiers, there will be sabotage and leaking of information across to Boko Haram which will put Christian Soldiers as sacrificial lambs in this war against insurgency, like the ambush against Christian Soldiers mostly Igbos in Gorgi village, Borno state.
(3) Igbo Youths Condole with all the Families especially igbos that lost their loved ones in the ambush in Gorgi Village Borno State, with the frightening battle against coronavirus across Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari should direct the Defence Headquarters to change strategy against the war against Boko Haram. Presidency should equip the Nigeria’s Army to fight against Boko Haram.
Mazi Okechukwu isiguzoro
President General
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide