Lagos — Nigeria’s army says it is firing many senior officers accused of corruption and stealing billions of dollars meant to buy arms to fight the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency. Army spokesperson Colonel Sani Kukesheka Usman says “quite a number” were sacked on Friday, mainly major generals, brigadier generals, colonels, lieutenant colonels and one major.

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