Army officers’ wives protest posting of husbands to fight Boko Haram

Authorities of the Nigerian Army have set up a board of inquiry to investigate the circumstances that led to the protest of wives of soldiers in Army barracks Enugu.

Military sources told Saturday Vanguard that the wives of soldiers of 103 battalion at Enugu sometime last week, took to the streets protesting the posting of their husbands to Maiduguri to join in the war against insurgency.

The source revealed, that the wives numbering over 200, protested throughout the day, demanding the army authorities to bring back their husbands.

According to the source, the wives of the soldiers claimed that their husbands did not join the army to die hence they (husbands) should be left afar from the war zone so that the wives don’t become widows and the children fatherless at such young ages.

It was gathered that, the army authorities in 82 Division Enugu, had to address the women and assured them that their husbands are safe and alive, before nerves could be calmed.
It was gathered that the women had written series of letters to the army authorities to bring back their husbands  which did not see the light of day hence they had to embark on the protest to call the attention of the authorities to their plight.