BabaOwen:
Hundreds of civilians have fled their homes in Marte, a community in Borno State, after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a military base and raze down public buildings in the fringes of Lake Chad Basin, sources said.

It was learnt that the terrorists in their hundreds stormed the recently resettled community in the northern part of the state on Friday evening, shooting from all angles and forcing returnees to flee into the bushes.

An official of the Borno State Government told our correspondent that there was a gun battle between troops and insurgents for hours at Marte town on Friday evening.

He added that hundreds of civilians slept in the bushes and trekked throughout the night but have started arriving Dikwa town, which is about 25 kilometers away.

“It was a disturbing news. We got the sad news last night around 8:pm that the troops have been engaging the insurgents for hours.

“As I am speaking to you, hundreds of returnees fled their homes and are taking refuge in Dikwa.

“The troops have displayed gallantry but the insurgents came in hundreds, according to information we received.

“Our prayers are with the troops,” the source disclosed.

A security source also revealed that the insurgents attacked military formations.

The source further stressed that, this morning, there was a reinforcement from Dikwa which engaged the outlawed group but the details are not available as of the time of filling this report.

However, unconfirmed reports stated that insurgents may have overran Marte last night.

It would be recalled that on 1st December, 2020 the State resettled 500 households, comprising 2,870 returnees after six years in exile.
https://dailytrust.com/civilians-flee-homes-as-troops-battle-insurgents-in-borno-town

Confusing situation, Mr Samuel ooo, give us details.

After my own research, it seems ISWAP gave the Nigerian army a bloody nose in Marte, the soldiers had to retreat to dikwa and call for air support.

After little research, I found out there is an army battalion and an army brigade in Marte. We are talking of nothing less than 2000 soldiers

Thousands of soldiers were overpowered by hundreds of terrorists and some people dey talk about one useless ambush for here... Nah wah o.

All thanks to the Air force sha, if not for them, the terrorists would have over run the whole of Marte by now.

BabaOwen:
After my own research, it seems ISWAP gave the Nigerian army a bloody nose in Marte, the soldiers had to retreat to dikwa and call for air support.

After little research, I found out there is an army battalion and an army brigade in Marte. We are talking of nothing less than 2000 soldiers

Thousands of soldiers were overpowered by hundreds of terrorists and some people dey talk about one useless ambush for here... Nah wah o.

All thanks to the Air force sha, if not for them, the terrorists would have over run the whole of Marte by now.

Go siddown somewhere. You are disappointed The military didn't give u and ur fellow trolls something to cheer about. Instead of messing around, why don't u just go offline to avoid further heartbreak

Toju200:
MNJTF
Where are Chadians na their RPG I like pass e opoorr

Yeaaa we had series of prayer session. A military personnel in church said a massive operation is loading all over the NE that is why the Cameroonians are here. Funnily enough I barely saw Cameroon Guntrucks they mostly came with lots of APC's and MBT's.

We all prayed for Soldiers that will be committed in this final onslaught that there will no casualties.

Tho the CO warned against soldiers who go to operation with the intention of dealing with or shooting a colleague oh I was shocked to hear such things happen.

I was so motivated to enlist in this operation with the kind of motivational speech the CO gave

Let's go there

BabaOwen:
After my own research, it seems ISWAP gave the Nigerian army a bloody nose in Marte, the soldiers had to retreat to dikwa and call for air support.

After little research, I found out there is an army battalion and an army brigade in Marte. We are talking of nothing less than 2000 soldiers

Thousands of soldiers were overpowered by hundreds of terrorists and some people dey talk about one useless ambush for here... Nah wah o.

All thanks to the Air force sha, if not for them, the terrorists would have over run the whole of Marte by now.

Marte has never been a Brigade. I think they are under Dikwa or Monguno.

Toju200:
how far the marte matter na

No info yet oh

CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENDS AIR TASK FORCE OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE FOR PLAYING DECISIVE ROLES IN A BATTLE WITH TERRORISTS IN MARTE AXIS

Following an encounter/ambush by troops of Operation TURA TAKAIBANGO against Boko Haram terrorists when they attempted to attack troops' location at the outskirts of Marte, in Borno State, during which the Air Task Force Operation LAFIYA DOLE played a decisive/commendable role in the destruction of 7 terrorists' gun trucks and decimation of unconfirmed number of the insurgents.

The Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai, hereby appreciates and commends the troops, especially the Air Task Force Operation LAFIYA DOLE for their heroic and patriotic actions which resulted in the successes recorded. He urged them to maintain the momentum and expedite actions to ensure speedy final defeat of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Nigeria.

SAGIR MUSA
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations
16 January 2021

ugo4u:

You're wrong bro.
Those guys are not better trained than the Nigerian soldiers, that we experience setbacks in some battles doesn't take away anything from the soldiers. We've being pounding the terrorists week in week out with little or no media coverage but whenever the terrorists attack and overrun an isolated military outpost it is overblown by the media.
The only thing stoping ISWAP from getting to you are the soldiers, if you can't atleast pray for them to overcome the enemies you can simply look away.

Stop waisting your time on posy that are based on emotions !
Please

SamuelAnyawu:


Marte has never been a Brigade. I think they are under Dikwa or Monguno.

That means some Nigerian newspaper don't make enough research.

BabaOwen:
That means some Nigerian newspaper don't make enough research.

They don't make research at all. And the word "investigate" don't exist in their dictionary. They only publish articles based on "hear say" and what I called "beer parlour" analysis.

The speed at which the media carried the news of the capturing of the town was astonishing, yet several hours after the defeat of the insurgents, most of these media groups are yet to update their subscribers. This is very embarrassing and the truth is that the reason Nigeria has lost the PR war to the insurgents is largely political. It is very imbecilic to gloat over bad news concerning the country because you don't like the president or the people you supported in the last election lost. To some, the news of deaths of hundreds of people weekly is always welcomed so that they can feel justified that they didn't vote for the current government.
The terrorists attacked at night surprising the garrison, the garrison retreated initially and as soon as air support was available, the soldiers rallied and counterattacked clearing the town of terrorist.
As the military offensive becomes more intense in the Timbuktu triangle and Alargano forest, the terrorists will keep on lunching more attacks elsewhere in order to distract the military from the Timbuktu triangle offensive. The attacks will be more frequent and more daring, they will put a lot of efforts into attacking isolated towns and garrisons elsewhere just to distract and we might even lose some territories but they won't be able to hold it because they will have to keep on attempting to capture more towns for their strategy to work.
Now is the time to put all bases and garrisons at the highest level of alertness, increase fortification and increase air interdiction operations in Northern Borno and the lake Chad region to destroy the logistics bases and supply routes, if possible critical link bridges should be sacrificed just to prevent easy movement of the terrorists. It is sad that majority of the air assets that can carry out interdiction missions are currently out of operation, it is consoling though that they are currently being repaired and serviced. How nice would it have been to allocate assets capable of CAS to strictly providing support for the army offensive while assets capable of air interdiction to reducing the terrorist strength in Lake Chad axis.
To be frank, I highly doubt all territories can be recaptured this year. Maybe next year if the another offensive of this scale is launched by the army when all or most of the expected air assets are available for operations.
The military is currently focused on Alargano and the Timbuktu triangle and if they can establish full control this year, next is the lake Chad axis. This war is far from over but we are definitely on the right course. We only need to rapidly increase the tempo and intensity.

SamuelAnyawu:


Yeaaa we had series of prayer session. A military personnel in church said a massive operation is loading all over the NE that is why the Cameroonians are here. Funnily enough I barely saw Cameroon Guntrucks they mostly came with lots of APC's and MBT's.

We all prayed for Soldiers that will be committed in this final onslaught that there will no casualties.

Tho the CO warned against soldiers who go to operation with the intention of dealing with or shooting a colleague oh I was shocked to hear such things happen.

I was so motivated to enlist in this operation with the kind of motivational speech the CO gave

Let's go there

You know if you really want to tag along, those soldiers would let you, you just need to convince them you can handle yourself.

#Marte

Tobiloba2407:


You know if you really want to tag along, those soldiers would let you, you just need to convince them you can handle yourself.

Sincerely sometimes I feel I should go into frontline journalism. Capturing events as it unfolds

I don't really know if the Nigeria military are okay with it tho

BabaOwen:
After my own research, it seems ISWAP gave the Nigerian army a bloody nose in Marte, the soldiers had to retreat to dikwa and call for air support.

After little research, I found out there is an army battalion and an army brigade in Marte. We are talking of nothing less than 2000 soldiers

Thousands of soldiers were overpowered by hundreds of terrorists and some people dey talk about one useless ambush for here... Nah wah o.

All thanks to the Air force sha, if not for them, the terrorists would have over run the whole of Marte by now.

Very bad research you did bro...

Tobiloba2407:


You know if you really want to tag along, those soldiers would let you, you just need to convince them you can handle yourself.

Why would he want to tag along?

Xbee007:

Why would he want to tag along?

He has always stated his wish to be involved in action or see it first hand....

Tobiloba2407:

He has always stated his wish to be involved in action or see it first hand....

That one na bad wish.

SamuelAnyawu:


Sincerely sometimes I feel I should go into frontline journalism. Capturing events as it unfolds

I don't really know if the Nigeria military are okay with it tho

Look if you know any officer that you close to and are drinking buddies, tell him your wish, tell him you will assist in carrying ammunition .

Tobiloba2407:


Look if you know any officer that you close to and are drinking buddies, tell him your wish, tell him you will assist in carrying ammunition .

as per he's a Hilux truck or Yellow bucket.

Tobiloba2407:


Look if you know any officer that you close to and are drinking buddies, tell him your wish, tell him you will assist in carrying ammunition .

I have lots of them as friends and drinking buddies. Its bottles that bring some good info.

Even in a Canteen right discussing with a Cameroonian officer. I was inquisitive when he said he is a Niger Deltan

I asked how come? He said his Dad is from Calabar and mum from Cameroon.

Xbee007:

That one na bad wish.

Not too bad na

remi1444:
as per he's a Hilux truck or Yellow bucket.

As per, you don't understand diplomacy and negotiation.

SamuelAnyawu:


Sincerely sometimes I feel I should go into frontline journalism. Capturing events as it unfolds

I don't really know if the Nigeria military are okay with it tho

At around April last year, the COAS accounced that Journalist can apply to be embedded with ground troops, it's also a year now, not even one local news agency have done that, at least to the best of my knowledge.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/386102-army-chief-gives-condition-for-embedding-journalists-in-military-operations.html

They prefer to sit in their comfortable offices far from danger, making disparaging remarks and comments about the efforts of the military, Using click-baits as traffic to their websites.

SamuelAnyawu:


Yeaaa we had series of prayer session. A military personnel in church said a massive operation is loading all over the NE that is why the Cameroonians are here. Funnily enough I barely saw Cameroon Guntrucks they mostly came with lots of APC's and MBT's.

We all prayed for Soldiers that will be committed in this final onslaught that there will no casualties.

Tho the CO warned against soldiers who go to operation with the intention of dealing with or shooting a colleague oh I was shocked to hear such things happen.

I was so motivated to enlist in this operation with the kind of motivational speech the CO gave

Let's go there

The builty of fighting outside your country

SamuelAnyawu:


Yeaaa we had series of prayer session. A military personnel in church said a massive operation is loading all over the NE that is why the Cameroonians are here. Funnily enough I barely saw Cameroon Guntrucks they mostly came with lots of APC's and MBT's.

We all prayed for Soldiers that will be committed in this final onslaught that there will no casualties.

Tho the CO warned against soldiers who go to operation with the intention of dealing with or shooting a colleague oh I was shocked to hear such things happen.

I was so motivated to enlist in this operation with the kind of motivational speech the CO gave

Let's go there

Lol alot of shit occur on the battlefield that we don't even get to hear. Bidexiii, captainstephen can you give us more gist about this.

When will Defence headquarter start releasing pictures of dead boko haram members on the run in Marte

BabaOwen:
When will Defence headquarter start releasing pictures of dead boko haram members on the run in Marte

Not everything should be released quickly. A better understanding of this will keep her happy with you. Kudos to our strong men in the field fighting hard to maintain sanity in the North Eastern GZ

BabaOwen:
When will Defence headquarter start releasing pictures of dead boko haram members on the run in Marte

By now, you should know that the army rarely shows pictures of dead enemies officially, majority of the pictures we see are from sources that cannot be directly linked to Army HQ

In order to realize the magnitude of the counter insurgency operation in terms of area, I decided to compare the land mass of some local governments in Borno state with that of some state.
Figures in km²
Lagos state - 3,577



Marte LGA - 3,280
Mobbar LGA - 3,280
Biu - 3,423
Abadam- 4,172
Magumeri - 5,057
Kukawa - 5,124
Bama - 5,158
Konduga - 6,065
Damboa - 6,426

There are several other local governments in Borno state with landmass greater than 2000km²
Imagine the immense size of the campaign map!

Note: All figures were gotten from Wikipedia, if you have a trusted data, you can bring it here and we can compare.

The military failed in the intelligence aspect regarding this attack, they were warned in advance yet it had to happen before they acted... They should find a way to improve response to threats in advance.

https://eonsintelligence.com/details/david-otto-col-13882973037/breaking-boko-haram-plan-to-attack-baga-village-revealed-1729674355

youghs:


He didn't ask you to commend na. That's who you're, I remember when you were always on this thread screaming winglongs every time, the winglongs later got acquired, your data finish.

If you have to transport 1000 people from Abuja to Lagos and you buy 2 minibuses, would you say you have addressed the problem.

How many❓ ❓ Wing Loong II UAV did the NAF procure. Particularly as UAV are becoming the face and core component of modern warfare and in particular attrition warfare.