Soldiers fighting terrorists beg Buhari for food, water [VIDEO]
The soldiers begged President Buhari to intervene in the situation saying that 70 of their colleagues had fainted.
Nigerian soldiers hold up a Boko Haram flag that they had seized in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun
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The soldiers begged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the situation saying that 70 of their colleagues had fainted due to the lack of nutrition.
“Abeg make they help us pass this message to our president, we dey die for here, see how soldier dey fall, Boko haram no kill us, na water go come kill us, Abeg Buhari do something, abeg,” one soldier said.
“This is our three days here now, no water, no food, we just dey suffer, this is not good men, this is not right,” he added.
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The video comes days after a group of soldiers reportedly staged a rebellion in Borno in protest of unpaid allowances.
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