Melete tragedy and the loopholes
THERE is no other way to describe the over 100 gallant men of the Nigerian Army who were deployed into the valley of death than honest, loyal and faithful heroes. In service of the fatherland, they were sent to the wilderness of Melete in North-East Nigeria where forest-backed Boko Haram terrorists creeped-in, fully armed with state- of -the-art modern weaponry. How else can one describe the signing of enlistment form in which it is boldly written that you can die in the course of duty and you still go ahead with it?

