Not fewer that 85 people died when insurgents (Boko Haram) stormed and torched a village
on January 30, the third attack in four days defying President
Muhammadu Buhari’s claim Nigeria had largely defeated the jihadist
group.
“The recent unfortunate attacks by Boko Haram terrorists on
communities close to Maiduguri, despite our successes, call for
concern,” the army said.
“The
Nigerian Army has already commenced investigation into the attacks… All
cases of indiscipline and related acts of misconduct including human
rights abuse in the operations will be tried by the Special Court
Martial,” said the statement said, without clarifying what the probe was
investigating.
Thousands of people have fled their homes near
Maiduguri for the capital and many are afraid to return, despite
government assurances of their safety, after the recent attacks.
Buhari
in December claimed that Nigeria had largely won the fight against Boko
Haram, but since then the militants have killed dozens in raids and
suicide attacks, including across the border in Cameroon.
Credit: Daily Independent
Rights
group Amnesty International has also accused the military itself of
committing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in the course
of its operations against the group.
Boko Haram, which seeks a
hardline Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has killed some 17,000
people and forced more than 2.6 million others to flee their homes since
the start of its insurgency in 2009.
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