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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Litmus: 8:44pm On Nov 12, 2014
I don't believe any of these stories. If you think of it, no Army in the history of Africa or the entire world, ever at any time, even tribes fighting the British with spears against Gatling gun in the days before colonialism, have performed worst than the Media is painting these soldiers. If Nigerian soldiers are really doing this badly, then the people funding Bokoharam are stupid not to just start marching to Abuja. What's to stop them?

One just has to turn up and the soldiers just drop their guns and run. Indeed!

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Nobody: 8:45pm On Nov 12, 2014
braine:


But they weren't this incompetent. How can you be attacked unknowingly in a bloody WAR zone? It beats my imagination.


When ethnic mentality finds it's way into the army,what else do you expect. Ojukwu saw dis earlier and raised a very serious alarm BT the power hungry northerners and their Western flute pipers were too shortsighted to understand the future implications.

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Nobody: 8:45pm On Nov 12, 2014
braine:


But they weren't this incompetent. How can you be attacked unknowingly in a bloody WAR zone? It beats my imagination.
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by tit(f): 8:58pm On Nov 12, 2014
Code213:


Look @ this phool from a kindred of lepers!!! Is Buhari the one who embezzled the Defence Budget meant to equip the Army? Is Buhari the C in C of the Federal Republic?
Failures like you and all the other reetards keep blaming others for ur failure.

*you actually don't deserve a response. But fuuk it!! Lemme cure some of ur stupidity. Humanitarian service*

you just read that the army allowed BH to cart away the armory including armored tanks and you are ranting about embezzle?
is it sand that was used to buy the armored tanks and other weapons?
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by cubestudio(m): 9:13pm On Nov 12, 2014
ofiafuluego:


It took America a number of yrs to track down Bin laden, does that mean d US soldiers are weak?
Bro, there is a big difference tracking someone in another territory(country).
The BH boys are in our own country..not the same scenario at all..

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by duni04(m): 9:23pm On Nov 12, 2014
Its becoming increasingly clear that we may not have a Nigeria by 2015. People should start saving money and preparing to leave the country, like the people up north are already doing. Its only a matter of months before Boko haram berths in the south.

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Horus(m): 9:26pm On Nov 12, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ztbIw374fc

[size=15pt]Boko-Haram: Nigerian Soldiers flee for their lives after running out of weapons[/size]
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by cirmuell(m): 9:26pm On Nov 12, 2014
tit:
Eko oni b'aje!
Nigeria needs Fashola!
Well the puppet is still under the spell of his master. undecided
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by eunisam: 9:34pm On Nov 12, 2014
Well well well. We just observing.
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Horus(m): 9:42pm On Nov 12, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77YwVoM7_JA#t22m

[size=15pt]Boko Haram Militants Display Control Of Captured Towns In Northeastern Nigeria[/size]

A full video obtained by SaharaReporters has shown Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau preaching to locals in captured towns in the North east of Nigeria. We could not exactly tell the townships but apparently the deadly militant sect in firmly in control of major towns in Yobe, Adamawa and Borno states. The video also shows the brazen display of military weapons seized by the sect from Nigerian troops. A Nigerian soldiers was also seen fighting for his life in a hand combat with Boko Haram militants that eventually led to his death at the at hands of the sect.
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by FGjobs(m): 10:01pm On Nov 12, 2014
zubby29:
honestly whenever i read report like this i weep for dis country.i blv recruitment into Nigerian army has bin bastardised.merit has bin overlooked,tribalism has eaten into almost every arm of government,nd dis is d sad result
Hahahahaha. So if dey do d recruitment based on merit, d pple dat got in will not run when face with situations such as this? Talk sense abeg...
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by domido(m): 10:08pm On Nov 12, 2014
Cry Mama Africa,cry. Effect of Corruption.

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by ogbronx(m): 10:13pm On Nov 12, 2014
masterpower:

THEIR PARTY IS APC AND THEY ARE CONTESTING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION UNDER APC.
BOKOHARAM IS THE MILITIA WING OF APC.
you are really not well!
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by naturally: 10:16pm On Nov 12, 2014
masterpower:

THEIR PARTY IS APC AND THEY ARE CONTESTING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION UNDER APC.
BOKOHARAM IS THE MILITIA WING OF APC.
BH AND APC ARE DIFFERENT NA
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by thaoriginator: 10:37pm On Nov 12, 2014
Code213:


Look @ this phool from a kindred of lepers!!! Is Buhari the one who embezzled the Defence Budget meant to equip the Army? Is Buhari the C in C of the Federal Republic?
Failures like you and all the other reetards keep blaming others for ur failure.

*you actually don't deserve a response. But fuuk it!! Lemme cure some of ur stupidity. Humanitarian service*
grin
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Clintonpaul: 10:42pm On Nov 12, 2014
I just need real source on this matter..
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Nobody: 10:50pm On Nov 12, 2014
they should pls move over to borno government house
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Asiwaju9ja(m): 10:52pm On Nov 12, 2014
zubby29:
honestly whenever i read report like this i weep for dis country.i blv recruitment into Nigerian army has bin bastardised.merit has bin overlooked,tribalism has eaten into almost every arm of government,nd dis is d sad result


Zubby you spoke my thoughts. All the corruption and business as usual attitude over the years are coming back to hunt us.
Our refineries dead due to years of allowing the wrong people to head it in the name of appointment and federal Character. Same thing happened in Ajaokuta Steel company at one time headed by an Islamic studies graduate. To enter the Nigerian Army ur connection must be tight. Its now a way of getting rich or avoiding hunger. All the budget allocated to defense na AK-47 only we dey use am buy? GEJ is just sacrificing these young boys and girls to boko haram. Nothing works anymore because, wrong people in the right places has killed the functioning of these offices including the presidency.

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Franzeez(m): 11:04pm On Nov 12, 2014
Largas:
Just as many young men go into priesthood for wealth. Many jobless youth have seen the Army as source of employment.

U just a fool
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Code213: 11:06pm On Nov 12, 2014
tit:


you just read that the army allowed BH to cart away the armory including armored tanks and you are ranting about embezzle?
is it sand that was used to buy the armored tanks and other weapons?

Were they not overpowered? Wot did Boko Haram use to over power them? Is it not superior amunnition? Or are u the only one who doesn't know that our Army isn't properly motivated and hence demoralised?

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by izikjon(m): 12:19am On Nov 13, 2014
Smh.....words failed me

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Adminisher: 12:41am On Nov 13, 2014
zubby29:
honestly whenever i read report like this i weep for dis country.i blv recruitment into Nigerian army has bin bastardised.merit has bin overlooked,tribalism has eaten into almost every arm of government,nd dis is d sad result


Read the article carefully. This is leadership failure. A battalion of 300men is a degradation of the usual Nigerian Army manning levels. Where did all the others go?. I would like an immediate retirement of Badeh. The Chief of Army Staff should also be invited to a one on one interview with the President. They are destroying the fabric of the Nigerian military. We have never had it so bad. When you keep a battalion of just 300 men, you better have the airforce on standby with good close air support combat jets ready to intervene when the men are overmatched but this was not provided. Shame on the clueless Commander In Chief. Shame on Badeh and shame on Minimah.
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by cool318(m): 1:13am On Nov 13, 2014
Humiliating is the right word to describe the videos seen here!!!
If only Nigerian Leaders could shun Corruption and buy over 200 Su-27's or other assault Fighter jets.
Target their convoy and FRY them in motion.
Egypt has over 500 fighter jets, why can Nigeria boast of even 10 functional jet fighters, It baffles me really.
With all the volumes of Cash running in Trillion of Dollars, Looted every minute, seconds in Nigeria.


You cant tell me the Military no longer has sentry to view enemies coming in Multitudes from a long distance
Boko Haram, can never be defeated with the way things are escalating and going out of Hand.
Its really a Pity

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by cheruv: 2:28am On Nov 13, 2014
onatisi:
Mr President needs to sack all his military chiefs. One thing which is funny about this story is why didn't the nigerian soldiers use the weapons in their camps against the insurgents?they had the weapons ,refused to use them but decided to run. There is more to this story .I think the problem of the nigeria military isn't about weapon but morale, these soldiers simply don't want to put their lives on the line anymore ,knowing fully well their wives and children won't be taken care of in case anything happens to them. Maybe by the time boko haram invades abuja ,gej will sit up .
exactly!!
knowing fully well their families would join the poverty line when they die,they thought cool to save their lives.
I expect every sane person like myself to support them kos mehn..its not easy to go and die undecided

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Horus(m): 2:37am On Nov 13, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRMUYlvqUBI

[size=15pt]Boko Haram Are Getting Arms From The Nigerian Armed Forces[/size]

Ever wondered where the Islamist sect Boko haram get their arms?. A Public Affairs Analyst, Mahmood Othman, says
the members of Boko Haram get their arms from the Nigerian Armed Forces. He said that the arms are gotten whenever they attack Police stations and military posts.
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by darne(m): 3:37am On Nov 13, 2014
Naaa wao shocked shocked shocked
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by tit(f): 5:15am On Nov 13, 2014
Adminisher:



Read the article carefully. This is leadership failure. A battalion of 300men is a degradation of the usual Nigerian Army manning levels. Where did all the others go?. I would like an immediate retirement of Badeh. The Chief of Army Staff should also be invited to a one on one interview with the President. They are destroying the fabric of the Nigerian military. We have never had it so bad. When you keep a battalion of just 300 men, you better have the airforce on standby with good close air support combat jets ready to intervene when the men are overmatched but this was not provided. Shame on the clueless Commander In Chief. Shame on Badeh and shame on Minimah.

mumu,
this is the headquarters (company)? of the battalion.
it is stated in the questionable report.
the other men in the battalion would be in other outposts and bases.
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by tit(f): 5:25am On Nov 13, 2014
Code213:


Were they not overpowered? Wot did Boko Haram use to over power them? Is it not superior amunnition? Or are u the only one who doesn't know that our Army isn't properly motivated and hence demoralised?

what motivation do you need to secure your life?

the report says they were caught unawares.
this means with proper deployment, they had the arms to take care of the invaders.
if boko haram has superior ammunition, what are they doing with NA inferior ammunition?

If this report is true, it can only happen if:
1a) the CO did not have guards and outposts around the barracks.
and
1b) the CO did not have his tank crew at the highest level of alertness.
This would be gross negligence. Boko haram has overrun military barracks even in Maiduguri.
What would make a CO in a hot zone not prepare for this.

2) the perimeter guards were either surprised or compromised.
with the stories we hear about fifth columnists in army units, this could be happen.
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by onatisi(m): 6:18am On Nov 13, 2014
cheruv:

exactly!!
knowing fully well their families would join the poverty line when they die,they thought cool to save their lives.
I expect every sane person like myself to support them kos mehn..its not easy to go and die undecided
infact,all these stories of nigeria army units ,barracks been caught unaware shows total lack of professionalism. How can a convoy of 20 hilux van and 1000 soldiers of boko haram enter a military formation without any body alerting our soldiers?this is a war situation and they are supposed to be prepared all the time ,secondly wasn't there any outpost with soldiers at least 1km to the battalion base ?so all the soldiers just sat down in one place like poultry chickens until boko haram swooped on them. Normally ,there should be some soldiers on the lookout who will and should be communicating with the main base about any suspicious movements towards the base.

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by Nobody: 6:21am On Nov 13, 2014
Franzeez:


U just a fool
Well, those priests and soldiers are ten times more foolish than I can ever become.
Re: EXCLUSIVE: Boko Haram Sacks Entire Nigerian Army Battalion, Confiscates All Arms by zubby29(m): 6:23am On Nov 13, 2014
FGjobs:
Hahahahaha. So if dey do d recruitment based on merit, d pple dat got in will not run when face with situations such as this? Talk sense abeg...
i don c u wey dey talk sense

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