A total of 25 soldiers are exiting the Nigerian Army despite the worsening security challenges the military is currently combating in some parts of the country, 9News Nigeria has gathered.
In the list exclusively revealed by our source, the soldiers are all from the Nigerian Army Armoured Corps (NAAC) and belong to junior cadres. Soldiers in junior cadres are the ones mostly Sent to the front.
NAAC came into being on 21 April 1958 from the only existing artillery battery then in the NACA. It is one of the “teeth arms” of the Nigerian Army.
The department provides close combat support to the infantry. It has various types of units equipped with different categories of vehicles and armaments for the performance of their peculiar roles.
These units include Recce Battalions, Tank Battalions, Light Tank Battalions, and the Demonstration Battalion.
“More soldiers are resigning voluntarily due to the ill-treatment by superiors and corruption in Nigeria’s Army. Imagine the recent list, they are all from the armored corps, 25 people trained for years on how to operate different war vehicles, armored tanks are leaving just like that, so unfortunate,” a soldier told SaharaReporters on Tuesday night.
