A Nigerian citizen has alleged that people of Igbo extraction have been left out of Nigerian Army recruitment exercises in recent years, raising concerns about possible regional imbalance in the recruitment process.
The citizen, while expressing concern over what they described as the longstanding segregation of Igbo people, claimed that recruitment into the Army over the past three years had largely favoured applicants from Northern and Western Nigeria.
“Igbo People have been segregated for years, for the past 3 years that I know about the Army Recruitment, it’s only Notherners and Westerners that the Army are packing. Igbos have been left out,” the citizen alleged.
The claim has drawn attention to questions about regional representation and equal opportunities in the country’s military recruitment process.
However, the allegation has not been independently verified, and no supporting recruitment figures were provided in the statement. Official data on applicants, successful candidates and regional representation would be needed to establish whether Igbo applicants have been disproportionately excluded.
The Nigerian Army’s recruitment process remains a subject of public interest, particularly regarding fairness, transparency and equal access for qualified Nigerians across the country’s different regions.
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