Kei144:
My father was a Biafran soldier. One day, at Nkpor sector, he was among a platoon sent to reinforce another platoon that had been badly pressed by the enemy federal soldiers. They got to the people they were to reinforce in the bush, but they were so psychologically devastated that they couldn't even speak when they were asked the location of the enemy; they only motioned with their hands. My father and his colleagues began to advance towards the trench the other people evacuated from and the enemy suddenly opened fire massively on them. The trench was a few metres away. They dove and rolled into the trench before returning fire. (l hear that the federal troops then threw grenades into that trench and .......Kabooom! ) Even though the availability of a nearby trench could be said to be their saviour, their split-second response in the face of extreme adversity was actually the number one saviour. That is why he is alive to tell the story

payless:


I watched this video and it was terrific seeing those monsters blast into pieces. In Nigeria, war is only fought with guns and bullets. No sophisticated weaponry or conventional way of fighting war with latest technology. The buck stops with the President/Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. I just hope Nigeria doesn't get into a war with a country like Egypt, Mauritania, Congo, Angola, Algeria, Ethiopia....... those countries could wipe out Nigeria within a week. So much for "Giant of Africa."

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Your Dad must have been secretly playing with your video game! Mortal Combat is not for adults!
He was no where near any war-front!

I mean, what does it profit most of these "Biafran fathers" not to tell their children the "real truth" about the Biafran War?
Most Biafran Soldiers/conscripts were so devastated and truamatised, they could hardly pull the trigger if and when their dane-guns had bullets

Even that one near my place who confessed to being holed up in the wilderness for almost two months eating grass and lizards, told the children that he commanded a whole battalion and "saw action" that would make Hitler proud!
He even invented and asked his children to address him as "Old Soooja"!

Anyway, its good for the psyche. Tell him to tell you about how he brought down an Apache helicopter with bare hands!

Lastpage!

BTW: No disrespect to your Dad, l just think Dads owe it a duty to tell their children the "exact truth about such events", no matter how unpalatable.

bloggernaija: More like Operational incompetence and presidential failure.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY PROGRESS.THE PLAN ITSELF IS FLAWED
with the trillions of naira voted for security,why not a night raid with night vision goggles with helicopter gunship support .
Just One apache AH64 can control that battlefield by providing cover for the advancing troop from more than 10 miles and destroying everything that moves.
Guess what ,it cost less $25 million dollars
Why won't the soldiers be slaughtered like ileya ram.
Do you need to conduct an air raid before advancing on the terrorist ?
IS the element of surprise not the key to winning this kind if war?
More like BBM' ing to alert the terrorist before advancing with armourless and useless pick-up truck.
All this after devoting over a trillion naira annually to security for the past 3 years.

When nigeria is ready to fight this kind of asymmetric warfare with proper weapons ,equipment and strategy
WAKE ME UP
RIP soldiers
U deserve a better commander in chief.

Apache AH64 ( not crappy chinaware)dealing with terrorists who did not even know they were being watched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwVZWHeX0o

Sincere 9gerian: This appears like pure sabotage by elements sympathetic to Boko Haram in the military. The story doesn't even add up. Assuming there was even loss of communication, aren't those on ground supposed to see signs of aerial bombardment even on ground before venturing on the operation? Why did they embark on the operation when there was no sign of aerial bombardment? How come we still have Boko Haram camps after almost 6 months that the military deployed fully on ground? I'm not a military strategist but I smell sabotage and quota-system-induced INCOMPETENCE. Very sad

eGuerrilla:

Someone vested with a sense of humility, who clearly understands he is no military strategist, would have spared us the conjectural musings.

jmaine: Am sorry to say this but the truth must always prevail . . .

The Nigerian army are still living in the past and are a bit Lilly livered in most cases . . .

How can the army be always seeking for air cover when going for a raid . .The surprise advantage is lost when you always rely on having the Air force provide air cover for every small raid.
You talk like that bc u have little or no knowledge of what is going on in war front. I know people like you can't even hold a riffle talkless of shooting it.
Visit:www.calebmoney..com 4 more gist
Some of those Military boys dey faint sef if them jam BH . . . .Which levels Na . .

eagle,eye:

You are an idi0t.

bloggernaija: More like Operational incompetence and presidential failure.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY PROGRESS.THE PLAN ITSELF IS FLAWED
with the trillions of naira voted for security,why not a night raid with night vision goggles with helicopter gunship support .
Just One apache AH64 can control that battlefield by providing cover for the advancing troop from more than 10 miles and destroying everything that moves.
Guess what ,it cost less $25 million dollars
Why won't the soldiers be slaughtered like ileya ram.
Do you need to conduct an air raid before advancing on the terrorist ?
IS the element of surprise not the key to winning this kind if war?
More like BBM' ing to alert the terrorist before advancing with armourless and useless pick-up truck.
All this after devoting over a trillion naira annually to security for the past 3 years.

When nigeria is ready to fight this kind of asymmetric warfare with proper weapons ,equipment and strategy
WAKE ME UP
RIP soldiers
U deserve a better commander in chief.

Apache AH64 ( not crappy chinaware)dealing with terrorists who did not even know they were being watched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwVZWHeX0o

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Your Dad must have been secretly playing with your video game! Mortal Combat is not for adults!
He was no where near any war-front!

I mean, what does it profit most of these "Biafran fathers" not to tell their children the "real truth" about the Biafran War?
Most Biafran Soldiers/conscripts were so devastated and truamatised, they could hardly pull the trigger if and when their dane-guns had bullets

Even that one near my place who confessed to being holed up in the wilderness for almost two months eating grass and lizards, told the children that he commanded a whole battalion and "saw action" that would make Hitler proud!
He even invented and asked his children to address him as "Old Soooja"!

Anyway, its good for the psyche. Tell him to tell you about how he brought down an Apache helicopter with bare hands!

Lastpage!

BTW: No disrespect to your Dad, l just think Dads owe it a duty to tell their children the "exact truth about such events", no matter how unpalatable.

Kris d don.:
Still wondering how true this is. This is not mistake at all! It was predetermind, i smell betrayal either from the militry commander of the unit or among the field soldiers themselves.