Nigerian soldiers' wives protest against husbands' Boko Haram posting

The wives of Nigerian soldiers have protested against their husbands being sent to fight militant Islamist group Boko Haram, a demonstrator has said.

The protest at the main military barracks in north-eastern Maiduguri city came as the government vowed to retake Gwoza town from the militants.
Hundreds of people were killed when Boko Haram seized Gwoza last week, the area’s senator, Ali Ndume, said.
Boko Haram is fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.
The BBC’s Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in the capital, Abuja, says he understands that about 100 women protested at the Giwa barracks in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
 Credit : BBC