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DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by horlams: 1:34am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Nigeria does not need mercenaries in its fight against
Boko Haram, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said
yesterday.
The country has the capacity to handle the insurgents on
its own, Acting Director of Defence Information (DDI)
Col. Rabe Abubakar said.
Abubakar was reacting to some foreign news agencies’
claim that Nigeria is planning to hire South African
mercenaries to prosecute the anti-insurgency campaign.
The former President Goodluck Jonathan administration
was criticised for secretly engaging the services of some
South African meceneries.
The foreign news agencies claimed that the Buhari
administration is also planning to hire merceneries to
help the military to crush Boko Harm by December, the
deadline given the armed forces to crush the sect.
Some reports yesterday quoted an anonymous top
military source as saying that Nigeria has engaged South
Africa-based private contractor Specialised Tasks,
Training, Equipment and Protection (STTEP).
Five persons were yesterday arraigned in an Abuja
Federal High Court for the October 2 Nyanya and Kuje
bomb explosions. Their arraignment followed their
parade at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(FSARS) Abuja Headquarters.
Also in a statement in Abuja, Force spokesperson Olabisi
Kolawole said Boko Haram members “use iPads and
laptops to make bombs”.
According to the agency, STTEP is deploying 250
personnel and equipment, including fighter jets in
Operation Fire Force, to help Nigeria crush Boko Haram
insurgents in the Northeast.
Describing the report as part of a deliberately
orchestrated covert action and propaganda aimed at
setting Nigerians against their government and the
military, Abubakar said they were part of the blackmail
and disinformation from Nigeria’s enemies.
The issue is being given added significance because
shortly before he came into office, President
Muhammadu Buhari had declared the Jonathan
administration’s hiring of South African mercenaries as a
big shame.
“”It is a shame it can’t secure 14 out of 774 local
government areas in the country”, Buhari had told elders
of the Arewa Consultative Forum in Kaduna in May.
Speaking on the telephone yesterday, Abubakar said:
“The issue about mercenaries lacks substance; I want
you to note that for the past months, the military has
been fighting this war more and more effectively and all
Nigerians, irrespective of where they live, have come to
understand that we are making tremendous progress.
“So, why should some people bring up this idea of
bringing in mercenaries? Which mercenaries, from where
and to do what?
“You see, all this is part of the usual antics of blackmail
by the enemies of Nigeria – those who do not want the
progress that the Nigerian military are making and those
who are not happy with the successes we are recording.
“They are trying to derail by inciting Nigerians against
the Nigerian armed forces.
“There is no nation in the world where such thing (hiring
mercenaries while winning a battle) happens.
“We are doing our best and achieving effective results;
we don’t need to say it because Nigerians see it and
appreciate what we are doing. We will continue to use
our soldiers, our officers and all our domestic resources.
“The Nigerian armed forces is doing its best to ensure
that we surmount the Boko Haram issue and other allied
criminalities; so, such disinformation or blackmail will
not deter us from doing what we are supposed to be
doing.
“It is not just a lie; it is completely unfounded and
baseless.
“We will continue to do our part and our armed forces
are capable of dislodging Boko Haram.
“We have done it elsewhere and we will do it in our
country”, he said. http://thenationonlineng.net/dhq-no-mercenaries-for-fight-against-boko-haram/ |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by redsconsult(m): 2:17am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Why hire south African merchineries when we can put a call to Putin to send few of his meceneries to do the job |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by DaBullIT(m): 5:18am On Oct 23, 2015 |
I am glad that you see things from that perspective redsconsult: I wrote a comment earlier , supporting Buhari's supposed decision to hire mercenaries , If this is the way forward, as long as Cash is not being flown to SA or other countries, as long as due process is followed, i am happy and will be happy that Buhari wants to meet the december dead line The sooner this ends, the better for Christians in the North on the coming Christmas and thereafter |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by PRYCE(m): 6:04am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Off course it's THE NATION! 1 Like |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by luvinhubby(m): 6:09am On Oct 23, 2015 |
PRYCE:APC attack dog newspaper are they. |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by permsec: 6:40am On Oct 23, 2015 |
redsconsult:Syria placed a call before Putin aided in quenching the menace of the ISIS. Guy abeg talk well. |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by SeverusSnape(m): 6:46am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Propaganda. Coming from the NATIONS, owned by TINUBU. |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by ishiamu(m): 7:21am On Oct 23, 2015 |
N,A na the best set of liars in the world |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by v4victor: 7:32am On Oct 23, 2015 |
“We have done it elsewhere and we will do it in our country” - NA . . . Shey na when boko haram bomb Aso rock una go finally get sense? Make una swallow una yeye pride. Place a call to Putin ASAP! |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by PassingShot(m): 7:32am On Oct 23, 2015 |
See the two pained wailers above me. I like to see them cry online. |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by redsconsult(m): 5:49pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
permsec:must every nation follow the Syria method of calling for assistance from putin. Abeg u need otapiapia for your headache |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by ThisMeansWAR: 7:11pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
wailers, see ya lives! |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by Decibel: 7:35pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
Nigeria army should refrain from churning out lies on daily basis to zoogerians We have the records and every details of such arrangements. Shame on Burutai and his boys scout called Zoogeria army!!! |
Re: DHQ: No Mercenaries For Fight Against Boko Haram by Decibel: 7:36pm On Oct 24, 2015 |
Zoogeria and lies are inseparable |
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