Army Killed 3000 Innocent Civilians.."Soldier" Tells Al Jazeera

An unidentified Nigerian soldier on this photograph has told world news network A Jazeera that the Nigerian military has killed over 3000 innocent civilians within the past weeks that it started its offensive against Boko Haram insurgents in the three States of Yobe,Adamawa and Borno State..The second footage also showed an unidentified man believed to have been killed in the battle being dragged by soldiers.This allegation has been denied by the government and military authorities.

The Defence Headquarters in its reaction stated that the allegation of massive civilian casualties in the affected states, as alleged through a video leaked to Aljazeera, had no bearing whatsoever with the current reality in the operations areas.

It noted in particular that the footages being referred to as civilian casualties were actually pictures of the destruction perpetrated by the terrorists at the police stations and prisons in Bama, Borno State, on 7 May, 2013, when the insurgents attacked the town. 

He said that it was equally noteworthy that all the soldiers participating in the Special Operation have remained restricted to operational area since the mission started and could not have been available to grant the purported interview shown on the clips.

“It is unfortunate that the medium of Aljazeera is again being used for this unfortunate design.  Thus, DHQ once again affirms that there has been no collateral damage to civilian lives and property in the scale presented by Aljazeera since the operation began”.

Consequently, the defence spokesman added that the unfair report is therefore to be discountenanced as part of the mischief aimed at undermining Nigeria’s security, territorial integrity and sovereignty by some foreign media and individuals.