EmekaBlue:
Nigeria is a disgrace to d globe...A country where hundreds r kidnappped and cant b found.....killings on spree....She should cover her face in shame than going to form african leader ,thats wht i mean

But ofcourse naija is still the leader. No country can survive what Nigeria is going through now in Africa without external support.

Icecomrade:

Total Gambia population is 1.9m.

That's 1/4 of Lagos population.

Jammeh is not supposed to be called a President.

He would have been regarded as a village in Nigeria.

Still wondering why he wants to die on something as little as this.

on the flip side

Is this not Territorial infringement of the sovereignty of another Country?

Maybe Buhari Tyranny done upgrade.

I really understand that in way its territorial infringement , but to be honest its high time for AU to have a standby forces, there job will be removing any African leader who refuses to leave office when is time to go. The only opposition i have in what ECOWS is try to do is the leadership. I have problem because a leader has to leader by example, Buhari is not that leader, when you don't have regard for rule of laws no matter the circumstance you don't have any moral justification going to someone to persuade him/her to see reason with the rule of laws.

komekn:


Nigeria has international obligations as well as national ones. Nigeria will be going in to protect the rule of law and is mandated by ECOWAS.

Forward strategic planning tells us that if we allow this despot to rule illegally. Gambia will become a pariah state and a haven for Islamic fundamentalists and terrorists. Jammeh declared Gambia an Islamic Republic illegally. And in order to stay in power at all costs will align himself with any Islamic power broker that will ensure his stay in power. Such as Isis, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

That will not be good news for us, we know Boko is heavily aligned with Islamic Maghreb and I would not be surprised if Shekau is currently hiding there. Allowing Gambia to become a haven for terrorists and Islamic fundamentalism will impact on Nigeria and the region in general.

Gambia's army is not more than 1200. However, the Nigerian armed forces are heavily lacking in infrastructure. The approach of sending high numbers of troops with basic AK47 will not do. It will result in high casualties and a cause us to become a laughing stock on the international stage.

Britain has been fighting in Afghanistan for over 15 years, with a loss of 405 troops. That is 27 soldiers lost each year, compare that to our casualty figure in Boko haram each month.

If we are sending soldiers they should be properly equipped, so that just the fear of responsive repercussions will restraint any attempts by Gambian rogue forces to engage with our boys.

sorry can u please tell me the number of casualities among the nigerian army since the start of the war on boko haram began and for clarity...i aint against a military intervention in gambia..all i was saying is that it shouldnt be our responsibility to invade gambia we on our own are facing an internal crisis thats long from being defeated...thats's where we should be focused on...we have more than 15countries in ecowas who can handle the job...and as per islamic maghreb myth...weapons, training and recruitment of boko haram are mostly done in mali and libya, the fall of gadaffi created one of the biggest illegal arms trade along that line

The idea that we are refurbishing our outdated 1970/80s armoured vehicles that are not fit for purpose to send our troops into battle with is alarming.

At least soldiers should have at the very least M762 Beryl or the cheaper Bulgarian variants but all with optic sights and as standard. My preference would be the AK74 which we seem to already have.

And certainly not going there in soft skinned pick up trucks please. A good show of forces is a great way to ensure the peace and limit casualties.

jidxin:
pls wat is a nibatt

Nigerian Battalion.

I do not know and I know it is not publicised by our armed forces for obvious reasons. But from the number of if officers lost in combat paints a very sad picture.

A few days ago we lost 5 soldiers from an ambush by Boko Haram, which in itself highlights infrastructure inadequacy.

Operation Serval by the French was carried out by 5000 French soldiers who effectively routed the Islamic fundamentalists from Mali in barely 2/3 weeks. To date casualties suffered in three plus years of battle not more than 20.

Phobia1:

But ofcourse naija is still the leader. No country can survive what Nigeria is going through now in Africa without external support.

PRIDE....Hope u heard south sudan rejected nigeria peacekeeping troops today ...They r like,who r these ones...plz go and handle ur boko n crisis in that zoo first

EmekaBlue:
PRIDE....Hope u heard south sudan rejected nigeria peacekeeping troops today ...They r like,who r these ones...plz go and handle ur boko n crisis in that zoo first

Lol but that's normal Na. Russia no reject USA troop? abi naija no reject USA troop too?

Ordinary Gambia, why all the Army Battalion?, the Civil Defence Corps and Man O War would have done the job.

Aren't we spreading our forces and resource s too thin at a time such as this? BHT is still unresolved, Niger Delta is steam hot, Southern Kaduna is doing press up, Biafra is putting finishing touches, etc. On top of all these there are bills and bills and Bill to be paid from a economy struggling for oxygen.
Strategically speaking the move is 100 percent ok but realistically I would rather not go with it.

Phobia1:

Lol but that's normal Na. Russia no reject USA troop? abi naija no reject USA troop too?

anyway ,just hoping for d best in this country...Many like me r very bitter

onuwaje:
Nigeria is the only country in the world that fights a war that doesnt bring any political or economic benefit

voice of nigeria,hand of america and britain.nigeria scattered the congo,liberia,sierra leone for the profits of the west and the material and human loss of nigeria.

onuwaje:


U av a point
But i still think Nigeria shd be on the spear head of this

We have boko haram fulani herdsmen and NDA. To deal with
What shud be d primary concern here shud be 100% Nigerian benefit
Nigeria shud dont think of getting its citizens out of Gambia pending when d issue is resolved

I still dont see why we shud send soldiers when we have alpt of problems..

What is about to happen is that we want to stake the welfare and future of over 150 million people who need to be helped, in order to assuage the anger of less than 2 million people who only need to rise up and chase a drunken idiot out of town.

TheWebbers:
You have not quenched the fire on your roof, you are trying to help another man with the smoke in his lobby...Misplaced priority

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Mbediogu:


What is about to happen is that we want to stake the welfare and future of over 150 million people who need to be helped, in order to assuage the anger of less than 2 million people who only need to rise up and chase a drunken idiot out of town.

I ask once more

What use is its importance to Nigeria
Cos soon they will send troops to zimbabwe because mugabe refused to leave seat.

Icecomrade:

Total Gambia population is 1.9m.

That's 1/4 of Lagos population.

Jammeh is not supposed to be called a President.

He would have been regarded as a village in Nigeria.

Still wondering why he wants to die on something as little as this.

on the flip side

Is this not Territorial infringement of the sovereignty of another Country?

Maybe Buhari Tyranny done upgrade.

I don't think you understand international politics.

People apparently insulting themselves and NL are like 5 & 6

@topic if Jammeh is forcefully removed it would be the height of illegality and we should not have any involvement in this criminal act, which is covertly being requested by white imperialist and colonial powers who have been sponsoring many coup attempts to topple Jammeh over the last few years without success.

If PMB participates then clearly he has become a fully fledged uncle Tom house negro to his white masters.

# not in my name !

However since the source of this story is Premium Times , there is a good chance that it is untrue.

Cadamlk:
Black man and power drunkenness are like bread and butter.

Icecomrade:

Total Gambia population is 1.9m.

That's 1/4 of Lagos population.

Jammeh is not supposed to be called a President.

He would have been regarded as a village in Nigeria.

Still wondering why he wants to die on something as little as this.

on the flip side

Is this not Territorial infringement of the sovereignty of another Country?

Maybe Buhari Tyranny done upgrade.

Guy forget numberz..I can place my bet dat if other west African countries back off,Gambia will mess Nigeria up.

SIRmanjar:

Guy forget numberz..I can place my bet dat if other west African countries back off,Gambia will mess Nigeria up.

Doubt that The Gambia is not even in top 30 millitaries on continent.

Source: http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing-africa.asp

Blue3k:


Doubt that The Gambia is not even in top 30 millitaries on continent.

Source: http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing-africa.asp

Forget dat list bro..we asked for help from countries like chad,Niger,cameroon ad south African mechineriz b4 we could cos damage to Ordinary Boko Haram.Gambians,malianz ad small senegal are born warriors.
I repeat Nigeria wit our large population can never defeat gambia witout d help of other west African nationz.

tdayof:
Senegal will be leading the operation. They've got pipehitters.

Why are we using NIBATT 1 again? 1 and 2 has been used already.

which country army is this?

Nigerian Army debunks Claim by Premium Time about plan to attack Gambia

https://www.nairaland.com/3569827/nigerian-army-debunk-plan-attack

https://ireportinglive..com.ng/2017/01/nigerian-army-is-not-planning-to-attack.html?m=1

onuwaje:
Nigeria is the only country in the world that fights a war that doesnt bring any political or economic benefit

My brother I tire!!!!!

Frankicent:



which country army is this?

Senegalese commandos.

SIRmanjar:

Forget dat list bro..we asked for help from countries like chad,Niger,cameroon ad south African mechineriz b4 we could cos damage to Ordinary Boko Haram.Gambians,malianz ad small senegal are born warriors.
I repeat Nigeria wit our large population can never defeat gambia witout d help of other west African nationz.

The news is fake.

Moreover, you know nothing about military with the above post.

tdayof:

Senegalese commandos.

chineke this one tough pass Nigerian commandos.... chai

Person house dey burn e dey go off fire for another person bed sheet. Wetin concern Nigeria with their matter. Face Boko Haram and face the countries economy.

What will Nigeria gain from this?

a country that can not defeat an ordinary rag tag jihadist in sambisa forest, a country like Nigeria that can't even police it territory want to engage a fellow African country with equal military muscle .... dullard buhari must be high on something lately, maybe he have started smoking ijebu weed again , someone close to that clumsy old useless incompetent cowardice clown should tell him that a liter of kerosene is 500k in Nigeria ,for Christ sake he is our oyil minister , south Africa has the financial backing, full support of international allies like NATO , they are thrice richer and civilized than Nigeria, their military personnel are 1st class professional career military men, they produce their own ammunitions locally by themselves, but why are they not policing entire African continent? why do they care only about themselves ? dullard buhari should understand that we are no longer in 80s ,that there is due process. if he dare invade Gambia, their Army will not only make fun of our
ill-equipped soldiers, but there will be condemnation and fully international sanction on Nigeria, last I check Boko haram jihadist are reclaiming territory we need more soldiers in Bornu state than Gambia,

tdayof:


The news is fake.

Moreover, you know nothing about military with the above post.

Whether d news is real or not.
Dose guyz ar ancient and modern warriors.u know nothing about wars frend..Respect dose guys where ever u see dem,dey stopped arab,tuareg ad berber expansion..There black magic is very potent..Have u ever heard of Ghana?i mean ancient Ghana?

Go there now!
If that mad mamaa jamee tear you a new arsehole,
I no go cry for you.