The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt.-General Lucky Irabor, has decried the increase in cases of military personnel ‘aiding and abetting’ terrorists and bandits in the country.
The Army chief made this known in a letter sent to all commanders of various operations.
In the letter, Irabor asked the commanders to sensitise their officers to the implication of collaborating with the enemy.
He lamented over the incident of a soldier who was arrested by a covert Intelligence Team for conniving with a confirmed terrorist informant known as Babagana Kura in Bama LGA, Borno State.
“The arrests of these personnel are indicative of inside action that has continued to aid the adversary, pertinently with immediate or potential impact on operations,” he said.
Lance Corporal Abdullahi Jibrin, an instructor at the Nigerian Army battalion in Geidam, Yobe State, committed suicide after he was arrested for allegedly conniving with Boko Haram insurgents who attacked Yobe communities recently.