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When the revolution starts, we will remember how little you all cared about citizens- BBNaija;s Saskay calls out Minister of State for Defence, Matawalle Bello, for celebrating Zamfara gov’s defection to APC while being silent about the maiming of commanding officers by Boko Haram terrorists
BBNaija star, Saskay, has berated the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, for failing to issue any statement as it regards the k1lling of three Commanding officers during a battle with terrorists.
Dailytrust reports that in the last seven days, the Nigerian military lost three commanding officers in charge of forward operations bases following attacks by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) at different locations in Borno State. According to reports, the three commanding officers recently k!lled were Major U.I. Mairiga, who headed the Mayenti base; Lt-Col Umar Faruq, commander of the Kukawa base and the 101 Brigade; and Lt-Col S.I. Iliyasu, who served in Konduga.
Findings showed that most of the de@ths occurred during attacks on military bases or ambushes carried out by insurgents during clearance operations.
As some Nigerians took to social media to mourn the gallant soldiers who paid the supreme price while fighting the terrorists, the Minister on Monday evening, March 9, took to his X handle to celebrate the defection of Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal., to his party, APC.
Saskay in a post shared on X, called out Matawalle for not issuing a statement on the de@th of the soldiers in his capacity as Minister of State for Defence but deemed it feat to issue a statement celebrating the governor’s defection to his party, APC.