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Niger: Reactions As Video Of Military Teaching Corpers How To Fire Machine Guns Emerges

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A video showing the moment some operatives of the Nigerian military were teaching members of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) how to fire a machine gun has caused a stir on social media.

Naija News reports the video surfaced a few weeks after the NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa reassured the public that the establishment had no plan to deploy youth corps members to Niger to fight a war to restore democracy in that country.

This was after it was being rumored on social media that members would be deployed to Niger..

Recall, there was a coup in Niger on 26 July where Nigerien soldiers toppled the government of democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum from power.

Consequently, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is making efforts to restore democratic government to the country.

However, the recent video of corp members learning how to fire machine guns has sparked concerns amongst Nigerians on social media.

Watch video and see reactions below:

baba.tgwhite wrote: “Na school Dem send Dem go non be military o. To serve father’s land now come be problem.”

themainman1963 wrote: “I don’t find this funny sha. How’s a doctor and Lawyer shooting? 😂😂 Only Mechanical Engineering Students And Geography Students should do this.”

samsabii88 wrote: “This is good ..actually the do train youth like this in Greece , south Korean , israel and host others infact this is the complete excess of nysc not just going to offices to be carrying documents or going to schools to teach.”

joe__waya wrote: “Recruit 50 million youths… so na NYSC dem dey talk about 😂😂 9ja.”

sotundemathew1759 wrote: “Military coppers abi which one them be,government is stylishly building more soldiers cos they expecting what they can handle.”

alphonsusa4 wrote: “Very good no mean them go use them for war.”

djdikaka0527 wrote: “And after dey learn all dis and u no give dem work nkor?”

splitzim wrote: “Na wig this one wan carry go fight.”

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Chukwuani Victoria is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist who's passionate about storytelling with years of experience in the industry. She holds a BSC in Biology and also obtained a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos. She likes to read, research, hang out with her friends and play scrabbles.

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