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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by jl115: 7:23pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
agaugust:Yes PW Botha and you are true racist. 2 Likes |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by jl115: 7:24pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
agaugust:Sources have been posted, consult the archives you village idi0t. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 7:32pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
PLEASE MR PRESIDENT SAVE THE MILITARY AND NIGERIA FROM COLLAPSING 1. Sir, I am constrain to write you this letter which I consider it a matter of more than great importance for me to inform you and put to record issues that are happening in the North East (Operation Zaman Lafiya). I choose this medium to write you this open letter because I have written similar letter but no action was taking which I believe some forces have blocked it are now after my life. Sir I have served in 7 Division as staff officer and presently I am the commanding officer of 103Bn in the field. My combined wealth of experience as a staff officer and now commanding officer are the disturbing fact that necessitated me to write you this letter. While as a staff officer, I was among those who believed that the commanders in the field are not doing well. But presently, as a commander in the field, I found out that it is not the fault of any commander that the defeat of the so called BOKO HARAM (BH) has not been achieved. 2. First and foremost sir, the Nigerian Army is poorly equipped in the North East, if all the battalions are well-equipped as required; it will not take the Army more than two weeks to flush out the BH. Presently there are four units in my location here in KONDUGA including 21 Armoured Brigade HQ. If all the units are provided with all their requirements, we can advance and flush out BH out of North East. Mr. President sir, the Nigerian Army is well-trained and capable of defending our nation. It has demonstrated the capacity to even successfully enforce peace in other nations. Why not in our own country Nigeria? 3. The fact about NE operation is that we are poorly equipped, understaffed, high corruption from Army Headquarters down to battalion level. Commanders see it as opportunity to make money. My predecessor has complained of the same problem. Instead of ASA addressing the issue raised by him, the army authorities decided to Court Martialled him. All the units in NE are understaffed, but on payroll their strength are complete just to collect more allowances than what each unit is supposed to. The commanders see it as a personal money making venture rather than taking care of men and equipment. This ugly trend led to loss of many officers and soldiers and thereby having adverse effect on the moral (sic) of troops. Majority of soldiers in the operation area wear mufti (civil cloths) under their military uniforms in case there is an attack and the troops cannot withstand the BH, they found it easy to disguise as civilians to enable them escape. This is not the traditional practice in the NA. Though it is lack of adequate equipment and poor administration from the higher authority that resulted to this ugly trend by our troops 4. Sir, another bad and unprofessional act is that soldiers don’t take to orders from their superior officers because they have lost confidence/trust from them. The case of former General Officer Commanding 7 Division Major General A. Mohammed is enough evidence to show that all is not well in the Nigerian Army. It will interest you to note that worse cases has been recorded before that of the former GOC and more are still happening, but nobody is ready to investigate the root cause of problems facing the troops in the field. 5. This brings me to a recent occurrence which is my main purpose of writing this letter. As I mentioned earlier, due to the failure of the authority to address issues that I made mentioned, when a unit is attacked and overran by the BH not because the soldiers are unable to fight, but lack of weapons, ammunitions and communications equipment, the soldiers on many occasions will ran away, and a commander cannot stand and fight alone as a result of this. Presently seventy percent of commanders in the NE are facing Court Martial due to the reasons mentioned. We the commanding officers are very worried over this development. This is because we many soon find our self as victims of this maladministration from our higher authorities. 6. There is no sincerity in this operation; this is because the present acting GOC has never visited any location outside Maiduguri town not to talk of principal staff officers in Army Headquarters or even the COAS. But we keep on hearing all sorts of lies that Generals are leading the fight against BH. These are facts that can be confirmed from officers and soldiers in this operation including those in the 7 Division Headquarters. The GOC is so afraid that even with the Divisional Headquarters; he doesn’t go out and always locked himself inside his office. Infact it is a common knowledge among officers and soldiers in this operation that the acting GOC is here to make his money and earn his promotion to the detriment of the operation. The completion of his mansion at No 8 Gwamna Road in Kaduna which the GOC ignorantly disclosed that when he completed it, will be among the best houses in Kaduna, has turned to be a subject of discussion among troops. 7. The former 21 Armored Brigade commander is facing Court Martial today because the acting GOC does not want to see him and his garrision in Maiduguri town simply because of the huge monthly allocations from the Borno State government to the brigade garrision. He wanted to be collecting his money by using 7 Div Garrison, but in reality 7 Div Garrision does not have troops to claim such money. It is worthy to note that the GOC received 33,000litres of AGO and PMS each, 600 bags of rice monthly from Borno State government. All these items are diverted for his personal use. 8. Recently the newly appointed 21 Brigade commander lead 3 units to flush out the BH, that operation was successful, almost 300 BH were killed, weapons and vehicles were recovered from them, in the process the troops exhausted their ammunitions from the Div, the GOC simply replied that there was no ammunition this made all the troops to withdraw back to KONDUGA. 9. Presently more than 3000 officers and soldiers are either killed in action, deserted, captured as POW or on AWOL. But due to lack of proper administration the army directed that their salary should be stopped. This affect the families of those that are either genuinely killed in action or captured as Prisoners of War. It has also affected some of the troops that are still participating in this operation. 10. Mr. President sir, if all issues raised in this letter are not urgently address, the Nigerian Army will soon be history and by implication there will be no country called Nigeria. No country without strong army will survive. I decided to write you this letter because the life of officers and soldiers trusted in my care are no longer save. My life is also at the stake because the NA authority as usual will say I have communicated directly to you as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and may sanction me. As a citizen of this country and a commander in the operational area, with all the points I have mentioned in this letter, it is clearly that the Military authorities have failed the country, as such they should be held liable for their misdeeds. I have consulted seasonal constitutional lawyers if writing you this letter will be an offence, but they said it is my constitutional right to inform the C in C about what is happening in the NE and within the military which if not address will affect the survival of Nigeria. 2 Likes
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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 7:36pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
mzilakazi: Total B.S from saharreporters. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 7:57pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
Henry120: Saharareporters know well where to blush those apple cuts. They haven't even started yet you are crying foul. Eishu!!!!!!!! |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Centrifude(m): 8:06pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
patches689: Once again agaugust proves that he's incapable of reading. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Centrifude(m): 8:14pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
Henry120:So, the next time you hear that the South African Air Force does not have pilots for all their jets, or that there is no flying activities taking place, make sure your set the record straight. Every South African can be proud to be represented and protected by this disciplined, advanced, well trained and formidable force. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 8:20pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
MikeCZAR: Everything about SANDF has now become likely all because SANDF is so broke, no soldier is sure of his job because of impending retrenchment while all weapon/equipment purchase has been suspended indefinitely. I hope there won't be an auction of SANDF equipment in the second hand market... Gbanjo ! Ring auction bell ! Gbanjo ! Submarine o ! Two for 250 ! . |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 8:24pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
mzilakazi: Yes, black on black bloodshed as Soweto tribes brutalize one another same way white-masters brutalized them . |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 8:28pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
jl115: Nope, you have to post it, no such proof was ever posted here. You asked for proof of Nigerian stealth Catamarans, I posted many photos, web links, etc. Now you post the proof of Valour frigate refit, as all google searches say it does not exist. Busted !!!! |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 8:32pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
@henry,i sense that your apparent dislike for mohammadu buhari stems from the fact that: *he is a muslim *he is a northener *he plotted a necessary coup to oust shagari's dubious regime and corrupt first republic why else would you oppose the man so much?.have you forgotten that during his regime,when chad annexed some of nigeria's territorial islands in lake chad,buhari mobilized battalions of nigerian soldiers,blockaded southern chad,siezed the western region of lake chad{and all its surrounding territories} and chased the chadians deep into ndajema?.wasnt it buhari who jailed over 300 corrupt 'democratic' politicians?,wasnt it buhari who kept the economy afloat at $10/barrel,and used counter trade policies to barter oil bunkering?,wasnt it buhari who built and commissioned the 4 oil refineries nigeria has today?,one naira was equal to a dollar,before babangida came into power to foolishly devalue the naira.you call buhari a selfish religious bigot,but right now buhari is the man nigeria needs |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 8:36pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
jl115: Nope, am not racist, am a victim of racism in America. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 8:38pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
mzilakazi: The story was said to be written by an UNKOWN SOLDIER who is more likely to be a civilian newspaper journalist fooling gullible people like you |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 8:46pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
EVarn: my personal list, not in any particular order : Martin Luther Agwayi Nuhu Ribadu Goodluck Jonathan Chris Anyanwu Godswill Akpabio Babatunde Fashola David Mark . |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 8:51pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
NIGERIAN ARMY DEPLOYS WAR DOGS IN NORTH EAST ! ! ! ! . . . . The nigerian army have reportedly deployed about 20 of its 200 war dogs into the three troubled state of the north east.a top military official was who was interviewed about the latest development reported that the wardogs have so far been instrumental for the recapture of towns under the violent islamic extremist,boko haram,"the recapture of hong,vimtim and uba have been made possible by the combined efforts of our gallant troops and noble wardogs" said a senior military official "our wardogs have been very diligent in their effort to help us recapture territories and counter insurgency so far".the wardogs which are said to rank from private to lance corporal,possess amazing skills in; tracking weapons,sniffing bombs,IEDs and mines,tracking suspected individuals,spying on suspicious activities,covert infiltration,etc... |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 8:55pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
agaugust:fashola and akpabio are great men{even though from opposing parties},but the rest are not really making impact. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by jl115: 9:07pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
agaugust:You understand racism goes both ways hey? and yes you are a racist no doubt about it! |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by jl115: 9:10pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
agaugust:I posted a source from the manufacturer that state that your catamarans arent stealthy. As for the Valour refit, once again i have to repost a link just for you. www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36892:second-valour-class-frigate-coming-up-for-refit&catid=111:sa-defence&Itemid=242 |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 9:16pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
overhypedsteve:hehehehe....i'm now a superstar on nairaland.i'll soon begin signing autographs and snapping weird pictures.lol. 2 Likes |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by jl115: 9:18pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
Centrifude:Yes, its real problem,he is without basic English comprehension skills, thus its impossible to have a BASIC discussion with him. 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by giles14(m): 9:23pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
EVarn:no it was hid cheif of staff |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 9:23pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
jl115:there is no such thing as racism,there is only ideology of races. 1 Like |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 9:29pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
giles14:*scoff*,what chief of staff?,you mean tunde idiagbon?....yeah,idiagbon did his own fair share,but under who?,wasnt it under buhari's government?,was it idaigbon than initiated WAI?,was it idiagbon that refused to devalue naira?,did idiagbon fight chad?,did he construct railways?,did he sanction corruption? |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by giles14(m): 9:43pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
EVarn:bros gmb is jst a sitting duck.buhari cann't preform. My broda BH would hav ended if d north wer sensible but dey aint.and beware dat if GMb win by mistake,d ND militants may start der own uprising u may ask chibuike rotimi wot he saw in his forst term wen d militants wer still mobilise |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by jl115: 9:53pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
Looks like SAN might be getting as much as 8 OPVs and 6 IPVs "Recent reports suggest that the final roll out will consist of eight OPVs and six IPVs, replacing the current three T-Craft IPVs and three remaining strike vessels. In a nod to modernisation efforts, the new OPVs are expected to carry Autonomous Underwater Vehicles." www.defenceiq.com/naval-and-maritime-defence/articles/south-africa-puts-out-call-for-opv-design/ |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 9:55pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
jl115: No details of the refit, so it's the change of engine @Andrewza posted here, the Valour frigates are so bad SAN replaced one engine in few years of purchase, Germany ripped off South Africa. As to NN Stealth Catamaran, you posted manufacturers website summary of the boats with scanty info, I posted a full detailed manufacturers pdf specifications fact sheet with many pages of data you never knew and I PROVED IT'S STEALTH OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED my research beats your own....don't cry too much my white friend, you didn't perform poorly because of your skin colour, rather you failed because Shout Afrikaa breeds citizens with the lowest I.Q. in Africa. Sorry o ! . |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 9:58pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
giles14:hahahaha..you call buhari a sitting duck?,even you yourself know that buhari can be more violent and sinister than vladimir putin.if the MEND ever rearm again,they would be crushed without amnesty,this isnt 2007,and we arent in the north.now that they{MEND} dont have grievances anymore,arming themselves for war will be construed as an act of terrorism,and they would be treated as such. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 9:59pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
jl115: Nigerian navy is buying mini aircraft carrier . |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:00pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
mzilakazi: Nigerian Troops in the North-East are not under-equipped, under-manned or under-paid. I challenge you to provide proof that they are any of the above. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by jl115: 10:14pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
agaugust:Uhm...why would SAN publisize exact details of it refit? Besides you said the Valours never even went in for a refit, and i just proved you wrong, As for your so called stealth, even in your source it states and i quote "The cutting edge exclusive design gives minimum radar footprint" As in the minimum radar footprint which the X-38 design allows, if you didnt know, the X-38 is offered as a civilian boat as well, and thus its not designed to be stealthy. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 10:15pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
EVarn: Like i've pasted previously, the Nigerian Economy got worse under buhari, not better. Under 20 months our debt grew from 14 billion dollars to 19 billion dollars. Figures wer gotten from the Debt management office website. I also showed how free speech was stifled under buhari, how buhari practised selective corruption fight. He threw Fela into prison while the Emir of gwando smuggled millions of dollars into Nigeria. Nigeria has 3 government refineries, not 4, except you built the 4th Refinery for us. Port-harcourt Refinery, warri refinery and kaduna refinery are the only government refineries. Buhari did not build a single Refinery for Nigeria, I don't know where you plucked your "4" refineries claim from. Port-harcourt Refinery was established in 1965, this was our first refinery. Now read, The decision to build the 2 refineries was initiated in 1974 when Buhari was nowhere in the government. Here is extracts from NNPC website: “REFINERY PROJECT DECISION The decision to construct the third Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refinery in Kaduna was taken in 1974 along with that of the second NNPC refinery located at Warri. However, it was decided that work would commence on the construction of the third refinery whenever the projection of the consumption of petroleum products justifies it. By early 1975, in view of the fuel shortages experienced then, the Federal Government decided that work on the third refinery should be advanced. It was envisaged that the refinery was to be a simple hydro skimming type refinery in order to meet up with the fuel demand then” http://www.nnpcgroup.com/nnpcbusiness/subsidiaries/krpc.aspx You should learn to get your facts straight. I've always shown everyone, not just you, the facts which clearly show buhari was an incompetent head of state when he took over power. Nigeria is an import dependent Nation, it makes sense to devalue the Naira, as we cannot continue to deep into our dollar reserves to support the Naira. It is basic Economics. |
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by bidexiii: 10:15pm On Dec 16, 2014 |
mzilakazi:Honestly dis is noThing but d truth ..... Let's not shy away from these because lives iTs @ stake ! |
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