a nice move from the army.

So France GH and PH to BH

Choi.. Feel like playing call of duty after reading this. Kudos to the Nigerian Army. Never again will scumbags be allowed to hold the country to ransom.

daniel5711:
He should be properly investigated. May be he was captured and forced to join BH.

realy??..

well...white jesus christ things...i dont blame you...

i blame your pastors...

The matter get as e b oo.

we are telling you the ol time that western nations are backing terrorits,but una never listen...

well..atleast libya was avoided in nigeria...

wake up...!...

If na true may God punish the federal government and buhari becos if na Naija person dey catch for France do such a thing his pictures,name,family name,state of origin,his village,where he went to school,where his father work,where hois mother work for don full for social media immidiately and here some body dey say dem no give his name becos of diplomatic reasons.

Na like this our leaders dey sell our right to others.

make God help us.

bizgynbala:


The mysterious white man captured by Nigerian soldiers during last week’s storming of Boko Haram’s headquarters in the Sambisa Forest is a Frenchman and he specializes in repairing and unlocking armoured personnel vehicles and other fighting equipment, Daily Trust learnt from authoritative military sources yesterday. The white man’s identity is being concealed by the Federal Government and military authorities for diplomatic reasons, the sources also said.

Defence Headquarters has been silent on the development since the news broke last Friday, shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari announced that   Boko Haram’s last stronghold in the Sambisa forest, Borno State had been overrun by troops. Soldiers who took part in the operation told our correspondent yesterday that a white man was actually arrested in the Sambisa forest and that he has been providing “credible information” to military authorities. A source said, “He was arrested along the Bama axis of the Sambisa forest and agreed to give vital information provided he would be spared. I learnt that he is from France but authorities do not want to make his real identity known for diplomatic reasons…They  don’t want to jeopardize the success recorded.” Although some sources only said the captured white man is “from Western Europe,” Daily Trust learnt that he is actually a Frenchman. All Nigeria’s neighbours in the North East, namely Cameroon, Niger Republic and Chad are French speaking. 

The French embassy in Nigeria did not respond to email and text message sent to it for comment yesterday.

How top officers led Sambisa offensive  

The one month long military offensive that led to the capture of Sambisa Forest last Thursday was led by “the best hands” in the Nigerian Army and Air Force, sources close to the operation told Daily Trust yesterday. Before the renewed offensive to reclaim the dreaded forest where Boko Haram fighters held sway since 2013, officers between the ranks of Lieutenants, Captains and Majors normally led operations, sources said. This time around, more senior officers led the operation on all fronts during the final onslaught. It was gathered that the officers, besides various trainings they obtained at home, have been trained abroad and had participated in serious military operations.

The 60,000 square kilometres (23,000 sq mi) vast Sambisa Forest had been the nightmare of the Nigerian security forces, including their foreign allies, who provided various security reports over the years. It was gathered that some of the fighting troops were mobilized with light rocket propelled grenades [RPGs], weapons they did not use previously.  The light RPGs, according to one of our sources, could be carried on by soldiers on their shoulders for long distances because of their light weight and were used against far flung targets.

“With the exception of one major of the Nigerian Army, all the commanding officers that led the 4,200 troops into the Sambisa Forest are of the rank of Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel,” a soldier who participated in the operation said. He said “the Bama axis was led by a Colonel who viciously decimated many Boko Haram fighters. Together with his troops, he captured Alafa 1, 11 and 111 in the Sambisa Forest and freed over 1,000 people. He also captured nearly 500 suspects, mostly men who are being interrogated for having links with the Boko Haram.” 

According to him, “some of the suspects are claiming that they were forcefully conscripted into the violent group while others have admitted that they belong to the group.” Another source said the Konduga/Aulari axis of the Sambisa Forest was captured by a daring army Major. “This Major is one of the heroes in the Nigerian Army. He was very close to the late Lieutenant Colonel Abu Ali of blessed memory. He knows the Sambisa Forest very well and was therefore directed to approach the forest through the infamous Gate One,” the source said. He added, “The Ngurosoye axis of the Sambisa Forest was led by a Lieutenant Colonel who is also a fearless and versatile officer. His 151 Battalion is known as Blocking Force. His troops recovered many AK47 rifles of fleeing Boko Haram insurgents and they also freed many women and children.” 

The real operation

Sources said during the planning to re-take Sambisa Forest, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. General Tukur Buratai frequented Maiduguri almost on daily basis. “Sometimes he passed the night there (in Maiduguri) and sometimes he went back to Abuja. He personally commanded the general operation,” an officer who craved for anonymity said. He said radar with monitors was mounted at the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army and everything, including troop movement; logistics, ground operation and aerial reconnaissance both day and night were closely monitored with precision. 

He said, “The close monitoring from Maiduguri helped a great deal in reducing mistakes. This gave the troops the confidence to relentlessly march on during operations. The fact that the mine detectors deployed to the Sambisa forest also demobilized all the bombs planted by the insurgents gave our troops added impetus. The mine detectors normally detonated most of the IEDs with ease and also cleared the terrain for armoured vehicles to move freely.” 

The source that added some Boko Haram commanders and foot soldiers who were arrested long ago and “de-radicalized” were also imbedded in the operation. “The repentant insurgents, some members of the civilian JTF and local vigilantes know the Sambisa Forest very well, far better than the maps we used in the operation and therefore, they assisted greatly in helping us to locate hideouts. Also, sophisticated fighter jets and drones that have capacity to monitor things as far as away as 600 meters were deployed to the Sambisa forest and worked day and night,” he said.

The fall of ‘Camp Zero’

A military officer told our correspondent that this was not the first time attempt made to capture “Camp Zero” in Sambisa Forest where the factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau used as his hide out on different occasions. “This is the second time Camp Zero is taken. The first was during the JTF (Joint Task Force) in June 2013 before it (JTF) was disbanded and the area was lost completely,” the officer said.

He said despite the success recorded, there is worry among the military high command because some of the things expected to be recovered at the building were not found. “It is likely they (Boko Haram) are somewhere because they moved away with their equipment and prized possessions, including the Chibok girls in possession of Shekau group,” he said.

He said there were other dreaded cells that have been deserted by the Boko Haram terrorists, such as the ones in Kareto and Gudumbali at the height of offensive last year and another one in Kukawa which was reclaimed this year. It was learnt that while some of the Chibok girls and other captives are with the Shekau camp, many of them are with the Mamman Nur faction, led by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, son of the group’s late Mohammed Yusuf. They are suspected to be held in cells in northern Borno State.

“Camp Zero has for a long time been an objective for our troops but it is not the end of Sambisa in the true sense of the crisis. Boko Haram terrorists have been trained in the art of war, so it is likely they moved away for tactical reasons,” he said. The source said the COAS, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole as well as the GOCs of the army’s 3, 7 and 8 Divisions and other key Army Headquarters officers held a marathon meeting on December 24 and continued meeting yesterday on the operations in the North East. “They had a break on the 25th because of Christmas and they went to open the roads from Maiduguri to Damasak and to Baga. Their main concern in the meeting is the disappearance of Boko Haram leaders with their equipment and lack of trace of the Chibok girls,” the officer said. Sources said beside the equipment found there, Boko Haram fighters had raided many workshops and laboratories in schools around the Sambisa Forest in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states and had fabricated fighting equipment and chemicals with the facilities they carted away. 

There is controversy as to how Camp Zero actually looked like. While some soldiers that participated in the operation said it has two underground buildings and tunnels as well as hardware and equipment for the training of the disbanded National Guards, some officers told our correspondent that the place was actually inherited from the Sambisa Game Reserve.

“The National Guard were to train there but were never there. A team went to inspect the place in the 80s but the movement and training did not hold. The solid structure there belonged to the forest management authority,” he said.


Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/sambisa-captured-frenchman-repairs-apcs/177947.html#Sk8bEh4x8fKHj1J4.99

Mujinho4b:
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Hmmm.. Something isn't right. Is he working for the French Govt or is he a private contractor.?? Which govt is he working for.. Whichever country it is, it means they have been providing them(BH) with weapons.

Are you saying that if a Nigerian is found to be working for ISIS, it then means the Nigerian govt is funding ISIS?

But the Defense Headquarters tweeted that there was no white man found in sambisa This government is not organised at all. See Defense Tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/DefenceInfoNG/status/813819172584988672?p=v

Which one we go believe?

LOSKYXANDER:
So bokoharam can now boast of expert rates, Perhaps he was held against his will, but the good thing be say Sambisa matter don end. But wait, where are the remaining Chibok girls? As for the white dude.....

Bros did you actually say expert rate?

It's expatriate, as against what you wrote.

u mean french-american?

Dat's him

The same way the French supported Biafra. I think th French ar jealous of the brits an want more world control sinc they colonized less than britain.

Mr3noble:
Kudos to the Nigerian Army. But did they capture Shekau?

No sir, we only capture one albino and duplicated copy of Abubakar Shakou's flag.

Sambisa sambisa sambisa


Nd we neva see d sambisa pictures since

Show us sambisa forest picture

I am not understanding this black race again o!! you are concealing his identity because he is white for *diplomatic* reasons. will the white conceal a black terrorist identity for diplomatic reasons? NO! slavery is a thing of the mind!!

OoniOfIfe:
Not Arab? Where is the picture of the white man

Why arab?

Moreoffaith:
hmmmm..... So you get mind from France come dey repair armour for Sambisa

The picture you put up is that of Robert Nitsch Eberhard, a kidnapped(by BH) German rescued in 2015.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30918041

The impossibility has become possible. Well done gallant soldiers.

braining01:
Dat's him

Not him.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30918041

Propaganda & cover up

bizgynbala:

He said despite the success recorded, there is worry among the military high command because some of the things expected to be recovered at the building were not found. “It is likely they (Boko Haram) are somewhere because they moved awa with their equipment and prized possessions, including the Chibok girls in possession of Shekau group,” he said.

“Camp Zero has for a long time been an objective for our troops but it is not the end of Sambisa in the true sense of the crisis. Boko Haram terrorists have been trained in the art of war, so it is likely they moved away for tactical reasons,” he said. and laboratories in schools around the Sambisa Forest in Borno, Yobe /177947.html#Sk8bEh4x8fKHj1J4.99

'Boko haram terrorists have been trained in the act of war, so it is likely they moved away........ '

Hmmm

Mujinho4b:
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Hmmm.. Something isn't right. Is he working for the French Govt or is he a private contractor.?? Which govt is he working for.. Whichever country it is, it means they have been providing them(BH) with weapons.

The only thing the US government manufactures and exports is WAR EQUIPMENTS, just as the only thing the Nigerian government produces and export is CRUDE OIL.

Nigeria would want to sell more crude oil.

Who would want more wars to sell more weapons? Do the maths.

Africa and indeed all third world countries are under a spell. I studied history and have taken stock of our relationship with white people and this's why I call on this forum and everywhere that we should cut-off from the west.
A white man is like an assassin, he's ready to do anything: including killing, causing wars, and taking people to slavery to satisfy his capitalist greed.

By-the-way, that man may not even be French, but someone trained to create the illusion he's French whenever caught. Believe me, that man is trained in so many languages including Hausa and Arabic.

AdamuUcheOla:


The picture you put up is that of Robert Nitsch Eberhard, a kidnapped(by BH) German rescued in 2015.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30918041

Thanks man, all the news carrier in Nigeria can lie for Africa hen. check this out bro
http://dailyglobewatch.com/index.php?url=2016%2F12%2Fbreaking-news-true-identity-of-the-mysterious-white-man-arrested-in-sambisa.html#

will remove that now, Thanks once again.

Moreoffaith:



Thanks man, all the news carrier in Nigeria can lie for Africa hen. check this out bro
http://dailyglobewatch.com/index.php?url=2016%2F12%2Fbreaking-news-true-identity-of-the-mysterious-white-man-arrested-in-sambisa.html#

will remove that now, Thanks once again.

No p bro. They do this for the traffic to their websites etc. There's so much fake news around these days. Cheers.

OoniOfIfe:
The man looks like Jesus Though, I don't believe this news

which jesus

Mr3noble:
Kudos to the Nigerian Army. But did they capture Shekau?

Shekau is just a word, not really a person. or is dead and gone.

rottennaija:
That man is CIA. Simple

CIA operative cannot be arrested cheaply or break easily like that.

We ask them for Shekau they got an unknown mysterious whiteman.

Anyhow kudos if true because I know they lie a lot as they lied that sambisa is 60000km2 in this report, when sambisa is in southern Borno ( the smallest zone)only and even Borno it self is 70000km2, at best sambisa is 9000km2, if sambisa is 60000km2 then even maiduguri is sambisa

You have French Arabs like Zidane. Or is he really white?

grandstar:
You have French Arabs like Zidane. Or is he really white?

who cares...anybody that dont look like you is white...

arabs are children of alexander the greek.....white...greeks are white people..

first they turn every black person to mullatos,then they turn the mullatos to whites...

its a slow process,but very effective...

Kudos to the army. Have always said that the white(foreign nations) are deadly to our nation. They look down on us and use us as spare parts factory. This is the true reason why they will never truly help our or any other country they want to remain our masters even though we re supposed to be free from them. When they notice a country is rising up they stir political, religious or ethnic troubles to put them down. It has happened in Nigeria b4 and its still happening. Would not surprise me if Biafra and nnamdi KANU is foreign country sponsored.even corruption would have been brought in by foreigners. If this country wants to be better or change for the better shun any so called foreign help and let us develop our selves