Yes, I accept the video exposed some inefficiencies, but to say they were running; is way overboard.

Whyem15:


You can fire an RPG while kneeling.
One RPG fired by the terrorists on one of the vehicles and most of those men are lost, this is what happens when they send guys with basic infantry skills alone to the frontline. I wonder where the 72 MSF guys are.
Buratai will lunch a derby style offensive for a few weeks and return to Abuja. He is just trying to save face.

Yes o Abeg make dem bring back sttep and 72 MSF joor

Whyem15:
I may be wrong and would want to be corrected but a toy drone from Ali express would help in knowing the direction the heat is coming from and helped save lifes almost effortlessly.
The use of different kinds of drones for surveillance in this war can never be overemphasised.

The video is proof that our troops will always be at a disadvantage when on the defensive. Take the war to them, isolate and neutralise continously for months, let intelligence agencies together with law enforcement search every liberated settlemets for those among them who will have joined civilian population waiting for the military to leave before regrouping.
I don't know whether the military doesn't interrogate those among the terrorist they catch. Most of them Won't talk without being made to but I trust the boys to know how to handle cases like that.
We just need to change our strategy in this war.

Let us take like 200m USD and invest in armed military drones

We can have 24 hour coverage of the ne/lake chad axis without breaking a sweat or risking the lives if our service men by sending them out all the time

Our Intel agencies (at least when it comes to this matter) are embarrassing the country.

cutievik:
Yes, I accept the video exposed some inefficiencies, but to say they were running; is way overboard.

The guy matter tire me so !
We saw some of the soldiers charging farward together with the technical, where some where pinned down.
I don’t know may be a watched another video or he was watching the video while taking is weed.

Breaking News!

A very powerful inspirational and motivating message from the Chief of Army to the troops:

SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR OFFICERS AND MEN OF OPERATION LAFIYA
DOLE FROM THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF LT GEN TY BURATAI (NAM Phd) ON THE FINAL CLEARANCE OF BOKO HARAM AND ISWAP TERRORISTS

1. Gentlemen officers and men of the Nigerian Army! Gallant officers and men of Operation LAFIYA DOLE! We are right here right now to carry out our solemn and righteous constitutional duties. We are here to flush out these criminals who have been terrorizing and killing innocent and law abiding Nigerians!

2. Officers and men of the Nigerian Army owe it a duty to save our country from the menace of terrorists, bandits and all forms of criminalities. We owe it a duty to the Nigerian people and to our President and Commander in Chief, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, for the confidence he has reposed in us to achieve the mandate the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has given us. We owe it a duty to serve our fatherland and protect our fellow country men and women!

3. Ours is a professional calling, a call to serve our dear country; a call to defend the territorial integrity of our fatherland, which we must all be proud of. We must also be proud of our calling as professional soldiers and patriots. Therefore, we must go all out to stop and eliminate these criminals. We must do it now. There is no better time than now!

4. In this our honorable mission and endeavor, there is no room for the
chicken-hearted. The Nigerian Army of today is for the committed, disciplined, patriotic and selfless officers and soldiers which I believe you all are. There is no room for cowardice and no room for the lily-livered ones. From now on it is FORWARD EVER BACKWARD NEVER! The sacrifices of our fallen heroes must never be in vain! Nigerian Army officers and soldiers have no cause to despair as ours is a noble and patriotic cause. It is a cause we must all be proud of.

5. Gentlemen gallant commanders all levels, you must hold firmly to your officers and men. You must instill confidence through your words and actions. In order to win the trust and confidence of their subordinates, commanders must never show fear or fatigue. If they do that, they will lose all moral authority to lead and command their men. You cannot and must not take men and equipment in to battle without situating it, without putting yourself through the whole course and playing out all the likely scenarios you may encounter and diligently working out all possible options. We must be committed and fastidious. We must consider and workout the minutest details, factors and all possible outcomes in all our operations.

6. Let me reiterate and restate here that I have confidence in all my officers. I have confidence in all my commanders and I have confidence in you gallant soldiers of the Nigerian Army!

Finally, I must remind you all that as leaders our focus must always be for the Nigerian Army. We must think out of the box and beyond the box. I charge you all to move out and bring this war to a positive end! Victory is from God Alone! God bless our gallant troops participating in our various operations, God bless the Nigerian Army and God bless the Federal
Republic of Nigeria!

TY BURATAI
Lieutenant General
Chief of Army Staff
Ngamdu, Borno State.
15 Apr 20

Tunisian Artillery shelling terrorists' hideouts in Kasserine's mountains.
despite the age, the M198 is still such a beauty

komekn:


Whether he announces it or does not announce it, it's of little signifance.

All reports irrespective of where you stand talk of a complete uprooting of Boko in the Chad axis.

Multiple reports of Boko fighters in multiple locations fleeing to the relative safety of Nigeria for them.

It's a nonsensical approach, what are you announcing warn the enemy before you hit him, that's ludicrous. We know where the enemy is GET THE JOB DONE. For me it's unnecessary.

You don't win wars on TV but the battlefield Nigerian need no more talk but ACTION.

Na wa o! You are too British. This guy no understand sarcasm? Anyway, I think you will be a better fit, go ahead and make the announcement, since you want to be seen every where. Jeez

Shekau, Boko Haram Commanders reaching out to mediators for a ceasefire


There seems to be a crisis in the Boko Haram camp as credible sources have confirmed that the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, has been making frantic efforts to seek a soft landing as he prepares to surrender.

This much was gathered from top intelligence sources in the Theatre of Operations in North-East Nigeria. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, he stated that Abubakar Shekau is desperately looking for an avenue to surrender.

“ I think the end of Boko Haram is coming close as Abubakar Shekau has been making overtures through proxies for a soft landing for him to surrender to the Nigerian authorities. He has
been desperate about it, and the intensity is occasioned with the avalanche of coordinated operations launched in recent times against the group, especially in the Timbuktu triangle”

Read more: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/shekau-boko-haram-commanders-reaching-out-to-mediators-for-a-ceasefire/

#Libya- LNA photos of what seems to be a Pantsir-S1/SA-22 Greyhound being transported, my guess is to the area of al-Watiyah Airbase.

bidexiii:
Shekau, Boko Haram Commanders reaching out to mediators for a ceasefire


There seems to be a crisis in the Boko Haram camp as credible sources have confirmed that the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, has been making frantic efforts to seek a soft landing as he prepares to surrender.

This much was gathered from top intelligence sources in the Theatre of Operations in North-East Nigeria. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, he stated that Abubakar Shekau is desperately looking for an avenue to surrender.

“ I think the end of Boko Haram is coming close as Abubakar Shekau has been making overtures through proxies for a soft landing for him to surrender to the Nigerian authorities. He has
been desperate about it, and the intensity is occasioned with the avalanche of coordinated operations launched in recent times against the group, especially in the Timbuktu triangle”

Read more: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/shekau-boko-haram-commanders-reaching-out-to-mediators-for-a-ceasefire/

His number 2 man has left him to his faith. Shekau's worry isn't even with the military but with the news filtering in that ISWAP has linked up with his deputy.

His deputy has really been the one defending Borno Central axis (Bama,Dikwa,Banki,Gamboru-Ngala and Kala Balge) from falling into the hands of ISWAP.

if his deputy truly forms and alliance with ISWAP definitely ISWAP will take full control of Borno Central zone and definitely deal with Shekau in his rumored refuge home around Banki-Dikwa-Logomani axis.

This might definitely lead to Shekau moving to Southern Borno, but his only safe heaven will be Damboa axis as other Southern Borno towns (Biu,Shani,Chibok,Hawul,Askira etc) will definitely not provide the perfect cover for him and protection needed as most villages there got a high Intel and defense run by local vigilantes and CJTF. Southern Borno mostly are Christians and not Kanuri's.

If Shekau moves into some part of Southern Borno e no go tey CJTF/Hunters Vs Miltary go use him head play football match

From an Unknown source

AskiaHarem:


Nobody chased anybody anywhere. Last weeks surge of fake news via a collection photos and video footage from 2015 got 1,000s of you gullible morons fuked up. https://www.sunnewsonline.com/boko-haram-chadian-govt-dismisses-recent-onslaught-by-president-deby/ I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM ARE JUST SO D@MN RETARDED OR SO DESPERATELY ANTI-NIGERIAN to the point your knowingly swallowing and regurgitating proven multiple times FAKE NEWS.

Fake news that made Boko haram and Iswap ran from Chad into Nigeria

It seems some of you guys are paid to come and paste useless propaganda on this thread

That's how one is telling Samuel(not sure) about how boko haram can't dare attack the COAS cause of the security details around him they didn't just ambush the Dubai landlord on the road, they took the battle to the landlord at his base

The Dubai landlord said they chase and killed some of those terrorists that attacked his base, where are the pic of this dead terrorist, you can show us pictures of jollof rice in your camp but you can't show us pic of dead terrorists that attacked your camp The COAS is not even in some of the very dangerous part of borno o

And what's all this stupid talk about someone smoking a weed, how is it your concern if a person choose to smoke weed or not focus on military issues, if not for our dumb leaders, marijuana should have been legalized in this country.
African countries like South Africa are cashing in on it, a country like Ghana is about to start cashing in on it, it was finally legalized in Ghana last week or last two week.

A friend of mime that has been fighting boko haram for more than 4 years, has finally been redeployed back to his base here in the south.

If a camp where the COAS is staying can be attacked easily, I now fully understand why Generals can be ambushed by terrorists.

Well, am glad the Dubai landlord is in borno state, even though buhari once gave him an order after a meeting in december 2018, for him to relocate to borno state, an order which he refused to follow. Thank God for the Chadian president who led by example, the body language of the Chadian president eventually made buratai relocate to borno state in 2020.

The Chadian president once said the Nigerian military was absent in this fight against boko haram back in 2015, I hope buratai will finally prove him wrong in 2020.

blacKDalia:



Na wa o! You are too British. This guy no understand sarcasm? Anyway, I think you will be a better fit, go ahead and make the announcement, since you want to be seen every where. Jeez

Sorry if l didn't get it.

The TING vex me Boko are advancing and the COAS deh announce.

komekn:


Sorry if l didn't get it.

The TING vex me Boko are advancing and the COAS deh announce.

If you vex : you’ve got two options go hang yourself or watch what happens. Sorry you’re helpless.

SamuelAnyawu:



His number 2 man has left him to his faith. Shekau's worry isn't even with the military but with the news filtering in that ISWAP has linked up with his deputy.

His deputy has really been the one defending Borno Central axis (Bama,Dikwa,Banki,Gamboru-Ngala and Kala Balge) from falling into the hands of ISWAP.

if his deputy truly forms and alliance with ISWAP definitely ISWAP will take full control of Borno Central zone and definitely deal with Shekau in his rumored refuge home around Banki-Dikwa-Logomani axis.

This might definitely lead to Shekau moving to Southern Borno, but his only safe heaven will be Damboa axis as other Southern Borno towns (Biu,Shani,Chibok,Hawul,Askira etc) will definitely not provide the perfect cover for him and protection needed as most villages there got a high Intel and defense run by local vigilantes and CJTF. Southern Borno mostly are Christians and not Kanuri's.

If Shekau moves into some part of Southern Borno e no go tey CJTF/Hunters Vs Miltary go use him head play football match

From an Unknown source

You just displayed how ignorant you are. Who told you Shekau his in North east territory. Dude am currently in Borno and once you hang out with soldiers and they give you gist does not mean you know shit about the war going on. No commission officer in the N.E will open is mouth and tell you Shekau is in the Nigerian territory and I know is a clever snitch, he wouldn’t be so dumb.
And thanks for always making up your fake stories and rumors, claiming it’s from an unknown source.

GabrielYulaw:


Can you describe it better please? The Shilka is like a tank. But there are 4 cannons on it. The guns can be fired individually or all at once.
Can you go to the Chadian military equipment page on Wikipedia and try to find out which gun you saw. Thankus

Supposed to be used as an anti aircraft system but it's used for ground targets.

Not sure how accurate it is on rudimentary vehicles beyond 500 metres. But it's more about quantity than quality. And it creates a lot of terror and damage too.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hIhANtU-rs

bidexiii:



You just displayed how ignorant you are. Who told you Shekau his in North east territory. Dude am currently in Borno and once you hang out with soldiers and they give you gist does not mean you know shit about the war going on. No commission officer in the N.E will open is mouth and tell you Shekau is in the Nigerian territory and I know is a clever snitch, he wouldn’t be so dumb.
And thanks for always making up your fake stories and rumors, claiming it’s from an unknown source.

Why are you getting so angry, heated and into unnecessary contention.

You are the most prolific contributors on this thread and your opinion highly regarded. But getting into a slanging match and exchanging insults. Then to discredit someone doesn't give you credit.

Does not in anyway increase your standing rather it reduces it.

Please be civil and keep being a gentleman.

People have a choice to believe or disbelieve, if you have a contrary opinion. Set it out with methodology, structure and possibly substantively.

People can make up thier own minds.

bidexiii:


If you vex : you’ve got two options go hang yourself or watch what happens. Sorry you’re helpless.

Your words convey a sense of personal offence in the first instance. Have l offended you

Then you descend to insult and that's not good.

Disagree with me, it's your prerogative and it's helpful if you expand on why. I am not too proud to accept if I'm wrong.

But do it with substance and rationality.

But this smacks of the kind of rascality we see in the political section.

A thread you have contributed so much to build up. Please do not inadvertently bring it down.

bidexiii:



You just displayed how ignorant you are. Who told you Shekau his in North east territory. Dude am currently in Borno and once you hang out with soldiers and they give you gist does not mean you know shit about the war going on. No commission officer in the N.E will open is mouth and tell you Shekau is in the Nigerian territory and I know is a clever snitch, he wouldn’t be so dumb.
And thanks for always making up your fake stories and rumors, claiming it’s from an unknown source.

I said rumoured bro

bidexiii:



You just displayed how ignorant you are. Who told you Shekau his in North east territory. Dude am currently in Borno and once you hang out with soldiers and they give you gist does not mean you know shit about the war going on. No commission officer in the N.E will open is mouth and tell you Shekau is in the Nigerian territory and I know is a clever snitch, he wouldn’t be so dumb.
And thanks for always making up your fake stories and rumors, claiming it’s from an unknown source.

I said rumored bro . Take it easy while reading

komekn:


Supposed to be used as an anti aircraft system but it's used for ground targets.

Not sure how accurate it is on rudimentary vehicles beyond 500 metres. But it's more about quantity than quality. And it creates a lot of terror and damage too.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hIhANtU-rs

Yeah, the Zsu-23-2. That's one nasty mofvcka at close range.

bidexiii:



You just displayed how ignorant you are. Who told you Shekau his in North east territory. Dude am currently in Borno and once you hang out with soldiers and they give you gist does not mean you know shit about the war going on. No commission officer in the N.E will open is mouth and tell you Shekau is in the Nigerian territory and I know is a clever snitch, he wouldn’t be so dumb.
And thanks for always making up your fake stories and rumors, claiming it’s from an unknown source.

i Hope you also know that Shekau was confirmed DEAD

komekn:


Sorry if l didn't get it.

The TING vex me Boko are advancing and the COAS deh announce.

No hard feelings man. We weren't expecting the COAS to announce anything, but @samuelanyanwu asked a question that seemed unlike a military aficionado, that even if anyone here knew will not divulge the answer.

SamuelAnyawu:


i Hope you also know that Shekau was confirmed DEAD

https://mobile.twitter.com/DaFreshDeltaBoi/status/1251090720162828290 offensive is about to begin

Toju200:
https://mobile.twitter.com/DaFreshDeltaBoi/status/1251090720162828290 offensive is about to begin

Now that's what we are talking about...
Never again

That video shows up what i have been talking about. None of our boys had grenades,really?!No under slung grenade launchers or smoke grenades. No indirect fire possible from a pinned down position,no drones, no mortar. I don't understand. we seem to be so horizontal on our dependence on RPG for shock effect.

oldies ..algerian Mig 17

SamuelAnyawu:


i Hope you also know that Shekau was confirmed DEAD

When ?
Show me an official statement by the NA HQ confirming or pronouncing Shekau dead !

SamuelAnyawu:


I said rumoured bro

Yeah I understand.
What type of rumor will say Shekau is in the north east territory ? Only people like you will waste you precious time on such rumors. You will now come here has usual basing your runout that a T72 was destroyed, 80+ soldier died and blabla bla.....
Your assumption and comments are always based on rumors.

Toju200:
https://mobile.twitter.com/DaFreshDeltaBoi/status/1251090720162828290 offensive is about to begin

Wow.. the offensive is about to begin.
I can see two 72 MBT, most of our T72 are out of action, not fit for combat. They need serious retrofitting.
Hope the new equipment gets here on time.

bidexiii:


Yeah I understand.
What type of rumor will say Shekau is in the north east territory ? Only people like you will waste you precious time on such rumors. You will now come here has usual basing your runout that a T72 was destroyed, 80+ soldier died and blabla bla.....
Your assumption and comments are always based on rumors.

We don't play with rumours here in Lake Chad, if I hear a rumour that ISWAP has blocked Monguno-Maiduguri and I'm about to travel. I should still insist on traveling so I can confirm with my own eyes