jpphilips:


Ihejirika was excellent, how did Jonathan make him? did he even notice his valor at the epicenter of the insurgence? does he even know that Ihejirika was irreplaceable?
Military funding? are you kidding me? 2 x 30 rounds magazine of AK 47 for soldiers at the front? Don't flatter yourself, increasing military funding with thieves standing by to swallow amount to nothing.

Go and peruse Shagari's military procurement at least you are aware who bought your NNS Aradu, the only Nigerian standing Frigate, or OBJ's procurement, the J7 aircrafts and the naval fleet that forced the militants to accept amnesty, Jonathan's procurement is only on paper and nothing more, the soldiers are complaining and deserting and you are telling me nonsense about fat military spending, or are you by any chance a beneficiary of the spurious military spending?

that reminds me were you not the dumb officer who does not know the difference between an "insurrection" and a "civil war" two years ago? let me just hope that you have improved over the years else don't quote my post again.

ocelot2006:



Ihejirika was an excellent Officer. Hell, I even knew him at War College, Abuja were he bagged the award as overall 3rd Best Graduating Student. And as proof of GEJ'S seriousness, Ihejirika was kept TWICE by this administration. I dare say he would've been the next CDS. BUT his success got to his head, so much that he refused to take orders again from the cDS Admiral Old Ibrahim, a very fine Officer and the brain behind the Nigeria Navy's transformation to a well oiled mean sea fighting machine. THAT is what got Ihejirika fired. And yes, he was replaceable.

As for your claim that the FG hasn't funded the military, it is total hogwash!! It is thanks to this administration that the military hasn't only witness an increase in its funding and the acquisition of new platforms, but increased investment in our local defence industries. Thanks to this administration, now we build gunboats, MRAPS, and UAVs, and very soon OPVs.

That said, I must admit that there is a problem within the military heirachy. Speaking as someone close to law enforcement (Police Force), there's corruption in the Force, but the NPF ' S procurement process is so far ahead of the military (Army to be specific) that it even baffles cops themselves. Before the FG'S intervention, the Police Force had a far superior Signals Corp, the BEST EOD team in the country, and even more powerful gunboats. In some operations, Army troops borrowed police personal body armour. So far things have gotten better, but there's need to sanitizer the military ' s procurement system (xcept that of the Navy; they're great).

qtx:

any substantial evidence or all is based on speculations? The Law doesnt recognize speculations oga. In as far as i know there could be one or two things about the matter to be keenly addressed just like in any other project, i will prefer a proper investigations be carried out to provide substantial evidence instead of pedalling rumours.

jpphilips:



The things Shagari bought, we saw, OBJ? we saw, Jonathan? His generals grew fatter we are yet to see, does it not bother you?
I am yet to see any made in Nigeria MRAP and please don't tell me about Igirigi, that toy cannot pass to be exported to ordinary Niger republic, how has it fared in the NE? do we really have sufficient MRAPs like you claimed yet all the pictures we see are basically soft skin Hilux trucks and probably a few Cobras?
Did I read your UAV part? thought we are discussing real life issues not Vision 2050, your Gulma UAV, if at all it has ever worked would have been at the fore front of operation Pulo shield in area of oil and gas infrastructure surveillance, at least I have played around that terrain long enough to know that the Gulma project was a colossal failure.

Will be best to be mission specific in eulogizing those artifacts you guys parade as hard wares. By the way, I heard Jonathan is ordering for J17, lol, that one will be vision 2516, lol

ocelot2006:



Sure....you did not see the new OPVs being rolled out? Or the new Mi35 attack helicopters rolling in, even if in trickles? Or the locally made Navy gunboats, Igirigi MRAPS. Even the NNS Aradu along with other once abandoned vessels were revamped under this Administtation, not its predecessors. As for the new contracts for helicopters and JF-17 jets, anyone with a little idea of defence procurement will tell you that new systems are not just plucked off the shelf or a parking lot. It takes a Lil while.

jpphilips:


pictures pls! !

jpphilips:


pictures pls! !

ocelot2006:
And care to explain to the house how GULMA was a colossal failure? I really really want to read what you have to say. After all, you're a "pro " in that field.

ocelot2006:


1)NNS Andoni Made in Nigeria GEJ
2)NNS Centenary F91 A
3)NNS Centenary
4)NNS centenary

jpphilips:


The Gulma was supposed to be at the fore front of operation Pulo shield, since the days of militancy, as evidenced in most parts of the world, however, since the project was completed, we are yet to see, hear or come across images from the Gulma viz, pipeline surveillance, failure enough for you?
Mind you, if ever such images exist, I will be the the first to know, pls don't ask me how?

jpphilips:


I thought we have grown past this petty jingoism. NNS Andoni was a 4.5yr project that Jonathan was opportune to commission in 2012, the design print and contract was awarded in September 2007, was Jonathan the President or acting president of Nigeria in Sept 2007?
How is it Jonathan's brain child?
NNS centenary was just handed over to us by the Chinese, have you bothered to find out when those orders were placed? and how long it took before completion?

About the Mi35 hind you guys just received, well, it is one thing having the hardware, it is another keeping it operational, I am aware Nigeria has a lot of APC's but how many are operational in the NE? the cost of running Diesel in one APC, a corrupt general will rather pocket the money and send the boys on patrol in a soft skin Hilux (far cheaper), both of us are aware those are serious possibilities, same is applicable to our Airforce.

As a matter of fact, the NAF base in Portharcourt still have some helos, but are they operational? we hear the sordid stories coming out from the NE, if all our soldiers are all operating from APC's regardless of the type, believe me, we wouldn't have had over 3,000 casualties and counting.

ocelot2006:


WRONG! What were supposed to have been deployed for Operation Pulo Shield was the Isreali Aerostar UAV and Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV). The GULMA project came in much later. As a matter of fact, it was during this current insurgency that it was commissioned with flight tests done, NOT during the Niger-Delta insurgency.

Regardless of whose administration was behind what defence project, shouldnt the GEJ administration be commended for providing the necessary support that brought it to fruition compared to some previous administration that would've scrapped it? Shouldn't same administration be commended for its investment in our local defence industry?

Well, just like OBJ, gave us the NIPP, Consolidation of Banks, Deregulation in the telecomms, Modernizing our military,Yaradua (though short lived) has the credit for Amnesty, I am yet to see what Mr president has on the table for Nigerians, except you are ok! with "you win" for kids , we give honor to whom honor is due, like I said, he was lucky to be the president in 2012, as such was the commander in chief at the time of commission, mere coincidence, nothing to take credit for.

By the way, I never said we had APCs in adequate numbers. Read my very first post on this thread. There's still a heavy reliance on soft skinned vehicles, and I've been quite vocal on the need to introduce armoured vehicles, though there are concerns of trading mobility for protection.

As for NAF Special Operations Base, PHC, I can assure you that most of NAF Mi-35 attack helicopters a very much operational, and so are the Navy's Augusta A-109s stationed there, and the Navy's Augusta AW 139 SAR bird. As a matter of fact, sorties are flown almost everyday. Aircrafts in storage are the Bo-105s and a single Mi-35 helo.

emmygzy:
some nigerians are just fools. bad things are happening and you are here talking rubbish. if you have a military family members they will tell you all this. the truth is jonathans government is corrupt.

jpphilips:


Now this is a typical example of the dumb Nigerian I was complaining about.
You want the army to change but you want to re elect an incompetent commander in chief?

First four years 2 of your cousins escaped death and you want to give Jonathan another 4yrs abi?

They wont be lucky next time.
Imagine the kind of bingo I share the same passport with? "My fellow citizens" is really an insult this days.

jpphilips:


Do Generals play the role of CO's in the war front? Another dumb Nigerian who exchanged his free education with kalo kalo!!

LEAFLET:

The last time I checked I am entitled to my opinion just like any other Nigerian..You can fu*ck your moma..Biggest fool!..Okpo

torhuke:

Stop being an ediot..
What is happening in the army is no fault of GEJ. He has done what he can do. He has channeled resources. Don't blame an aged long corruption and profligacy on president Jonathan. Add that to the fact that Nigeria army was the most under equiped in west Africa before the coming of GEJ because military dictators feared equipping the army would make their subordinates have the wherewital to unleash a coup.

jpphilips:


we should blame it on your father to absolve Jonathan then, ode!
Some of you need to go back to school to understand what a commander in chief means, ie if there is any school left for you by Jonathan.
Are they not the same block heads roaming the streets of Nigeria? waste of human materials. Dumb generation.

Truckpusher:
Let me also remind you that this same Jonathan is fighting a battle against an enemy that feels that they own Nigeria because to them the Nigeria you know is their birthright and farmland and they are holding Nigeria and Nigerians by the jugular.
To solve this problem is simple ,call your kiths and kin to order because we here in the Niger Delta are watching and have come to understood their modus operandi.
If Jonathan is unceremoniously booted out either by your action or inaction we would react.FACT.