We took about 400 Chadian soldiers prisoner. He ordered that the 400 prisoners with us be released to Chad before we got our own 17 men back. The command felt that that seemed absurd; my GOC would not want to approach the resolution in that manner. That operation, Operation Restore Hope, was an initiative of the Americans, which means we were going into the operation with American soldiers. If you don’t know the competence of our soldiers, call Oyinlola and let him tell you what happened in Somalia.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 08, 2020 05:14 UTC