Emmanuel Odaudu, a Nigerian soldier who goes by the handle @officialbenison on Instagram, has questioned the efficacy of the recent US airstrike that was conducted in some areas of Sokoto State.
Odaudu asserted in a video that went viral on the internet that while the US did attack a location in Sokoto, no casualties were reported because the targeted b@ndits had reportedly left the area a day earlier. soldier.
He claims that the t_rr0rists left on December 24, before the attack on December 25, indicating that they might have known about the attack beforehand.
The soldier claimed that certain Nigerian political actors were aware of the operation prior to its execution and that the United States would not launch an airstrike without verified intelligence and authorization.
He questioned how armed groups managed to escape a region that was well-known for being a b@_dit enclave in spite of security and checkpoints.
Odaudu further argued that the absence of casualties indicates that the strike hit an empty location, fueling concerns about possible intelligence leaks.
He maintained that Nigeria’s own armed forces possess the capability to carry out similar operations if properly mobilised, and suggested that foreign intervention alone cannot resolve the country’s security challenges.
His words …
“I might say some things in this video that might sound unbelievable to some people, but I will not be here to risk my life and that of my family to come and make certain claims just for likes and views and that will do nothing for me.
Quite alright the US strike some part of Sokoto, but I’m telling you right now that the USA will not make that mistake of striking places where there is no targets. Even one person was wounded no day because there was nobody there. Why? Definitely the U.S.A. will not strike Nigeria without some go-ahead. So most politicians from Nigeria are aware of the airstrike. But guess what? Let me shock you. Do you know that? That particular place is… Where U.S. strike, b@_dits were actually there. But they moved out on the 24th. How dey take no, say something like that wan happen. I’ll take you back again. The U.S. will not strike without the go ahead. Some Nigerian politicians, they are aware of the airstrike. The b@_dits, they were supposed to be there, they moved out on the 24th. U.S. strike empty places. Now, how I take notice if these people did it before and they moved out on the 24th? There are places in that whole area where they strike. There are places, before you get to that place, you must pass certain checkpoints. People saw them leaving. I will not even tell you who did those checkpoints. But people saw them leaving on the 24th. Moreover, the place, the so-called place where b@_dits did asan, that same place, it was not hidden. Nobody said they hid. People know say b@ndits dey this area. But the question is why they move out on the 24th? How come b@ndits not see the one strike on the 25th? U.S. no go just make mistake, just fear, fear, fear. Even one person no wound. The one strike, did they tell Nigerian politicians that kind of thing? Did they tell Nigerian politicians that kind of thing? We might not be that big to an extent. But you see all these levels. You see all these kind of levels. We get contact. About everything where they go on. The first people we go to that place. Before the town people even go there. Boys don’t go there already. If one person no wound. Nobody did it. They moved out on the 24th. How? Are you saying Nigerian politicians are not strong? You think what the US do right now that the Air Force cannot do it on a normal day? You think the Air Force are that weak or incompetent to do it on a normal day? Our land army, don’t we go there and flush all of them out? And when the US decides to intervene, those guys got the information already. Because some Nigerian politicians, they are aware already. Merry Christmas.”