The Nigerian military has suffered yet another security breach as nine soldiers on Monday escaped from a military guardroom at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Maimalari Cantonment is the Nigerian Army barracks and the headquarters of the Nigerian Army’s 7th Division.
According to a SaharaReporters report, top military sources have revealed to that most of the escaped soldiers were arrested by the military over alleged links to the Boko Haram terrorism.
They were alleged to be involved in arms trafficking to terrorist groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East.
“There was a jailbreak on Monday around 0215 hours at the military Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State. Nine personnel detained mostly for dealing in arms running with terrorists escaped,” the report quoted a military source.
The source added that one of the escaped soldiers had been recaptured, while efforts are ongoing to locate and apprehend the remaining eight.
“One of them was arrested after the incident in the bush. It’s a very major security breach, imagine something like this happening inside a military barracks, so shameful,” another source added.
