The Nigerian Military has said it lacks the manpower to guarantee the safety of all school in Nigeria, in the wake of recent mass abduction of schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state. The Defence Spokesman, Brig. Gen. John Agim stated this on Friday when he appeared on Sunrise Daily. He lamented that due to the land mass, it was difficult to deploy military personnel to all schools in the North East.
“The military doesn’t have the manpower to deploy (troops) to all the schools. It is not possible.
“People don’t know the land mass that we have in the North East and the number of troops that are deployed in that place. The land mass is very large. It is very difficult. It is not possible,” he said. ”
He debunked media reports that the military was negligent.
“Where the military was deployed in Dapchi, they (the troops) were taken away. They were deployed for other assignments. So, it is possible that the Boko Haram can operate in a place for a long time without the military presence.
“They were withdrawn out of Dapchi for another assignment on January 10 and this attack took place on February 19,” he said.