SAN FRANCISCO, April 09, (THEWILL) –
Soldiers who sustained injuries in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents have complained about being left out in the recent special promotions for those fighting insurgents.
This was as the Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, paid a visit to officers and soldiers currently undergoing treatment in medical facilities within the theatre of the operation in Borno State.
Maj.-Gen. Nicholas, who was represented by the Deputy Theatre Commander, Commodore Aminu Hassan, led an inspection team comprising the representative of the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7-Division of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Kasim Sidi; the Chief of Staff, Theatre Command Headquarters, Brig.-Gen. Idowu Akinlawon and other senior officers.
Army Spokesman at the Command, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement he issued in Maiduguri that the team was on a monthly routine inspection of the inpatients’ wards and other facilities at the 7-Division Medical Services and Hospital, located in Maimalari Cantonment.
The team also visited troops hospitalised under referral at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).
