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Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by abdnMe: 1:54am On Aug 17, 2014
Are the Chadians using better weapons than the Nigerian army as well?
Boko haram guys were scared of Chadian forces and 'escaped via speed boats'??

Why didn't they put up their usual fight with powerful weapons?
This is similar to their disastrous defeats at the hands of local Nigerian hunters and vigilantes.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28824379

Reports are emerging of the rescue by Chadian troops of some 85 Nigerian villagers abducted earlier this week by suspected Boko Haram militants.

A Nigerian security official told AFP that they had intercepted a convoy of buses transporting gunmen and the villagers in a routine security check.

Neither the Nigerian or Chadian militaries have confirmed the reports.

Boko Haram is accused of kidnapping hundreds of people in the north-east of Nigeria, and neighbouring Cameroon...

..."The convoy being led by six Boko Haram gunmen was stopped on the Chadian part of the border along Lake Chad for routine checks and the huge number of people in the convoy raised suspicion," the unnamed official said.

The six suspects were giving conflicting information on the hostages and their destination, he added.

Another official with the National Human Rights Commission in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, said some militants had escaped on speedboats when they saw the convoy being stopped.

He said the rescued villagers, totalling 65 men and 22 women, were still in Chadian custody but that 30 people were still being held by the militants.

News of the raid on Doron Bag took days to emerge, due to the remote region's poor communication links...
Re: Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by datguru: 2:05am On Aug 17, 2014
Can this be true ?
Re: Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by OtunbaJega: 2:30am On Aug 17, 2014
Oluwa ooooo!!!.. Jonathan ti ba Nigeria je ooooo

Chadii lasan lasan..... Ko ni dara fun iyalaya enikeni ti o ba sope GEJ till 2019

Owon olori buruku eniyan... Eyin ati GEJ ma sofo ni

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Re: Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by braine(m): 2:32am On Aug 17, 2014
Ordinary Chad! Now I'm convinced someone is behind our Nigerian Army's unfruithfulness. Coz I don't understand why we can't achieve this same result.
Re: Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by Nobody: 5:50am On Aug 17, 2014
braine: Ordinary Chad! Now I'm convinced someone is behind our Nigerian Army's unfruithfulness. Coz I don't understand why we can't achieve this same result.
Better Result.
Re: Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by abdnMe: 5:58am On Aug 17, 2014
Bearing in mind this incident was supposed to include a convoy of vehicles travelling from a region of Nigeria under a strict state of emergency, full of military checkpoints...
Re: Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by Omexonomy: 6:10am On Aug 17, 2014
What if the chadian have been coperating with them b4 to avoid the seeing the red eyes of APCs and BH only for their gov to change over night.
I have being saying it for a long time Remove islam from the world terrorism will die a natural death.
Re: Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by Hadone(m): 6:35am On Aug 17, 2014
Re: Chadian Soldiers 'rescue 85 Nigerians From Boko Haram' - BBC by Nobody: 8:39am On Aug 17, 2014
Na wa! Infidels and boko sponsors are in the Nigerian Army and this is the result we're seeing.

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