OgologoDimkpa:
Don't mind them?
They are just cowards and must be treated as such.

All theses APC Mofos are blaming it on GEJ

oluwato69sin: your name speaks for itself

Sincere9gerian:
Therefore, is anyone surprised that APC e-goats are having a feast on this thread?

Anyway, since the new APC song is that Boko Haram is "better armed" than the Nigerian Army, let no one cry foul of genocide or human right abuses when the Nigerian Army turn the heat on those demons and their sympathisers.

Obiagelli:
court-martial for what reason in the first place? Because they refused to go fight boko haram without proper ammunition. I think this even worse for the military.
Anyways i don't want to talk more about the military before they turn their venom on me. "they do civilians best"

Ibnsultan01: "@BBCAfrica: 480 #Nigerian soldiers have defected to #Cameroon. They are being taken to the northern city of Maroua."


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28927898

Ozonna: Sincerely speaking, President Gej isn't handling this war against boko haram well at all. Sir you need to tell the service chiefs to retake every territory under the control of the terrorists within 30 days or face sack.

People who are clamouring for new equipments, can't you guys see how we keep donating our tanks to the insurgents without demobilising the equipments? One day we'll hear how we donated our one and only Alfa jet to them (with the most experienced pilot as jara). This is no longer about equipments.

There is more to this war than meets the eye.

Sincere9gerian:
Therefore, is anyone surprised that APC e-goats are having a feast on this thread?

Anyway, since the new APC song is that Boko Haram is "better armed" than the Nigerian Army, let no one cry foul of genocide or human right abuses when the Nigerian Army turn the heat on those demons and their sympathisers.

maclatunji:

No need, that would be bringing you down to his level of pathetic, abysmal, contemptible inept thinking and mindlessness.

maclatunji: #LWKMD
He is the best thing that has happened to Nigeria isn't he? Keep rationalising incompetence and failure that you would not condone in your own business.

Obiagelli:
i think the latter is even worse. Its frightening.

Gbawe: GEJ is a "very dangerous President"?

experimentist: bro, you mean 'a mad man with a lighter in filling station'

Seun:
That does not logically follow from what I'm saying. I'm saying that it makes no sense for GEJ to fail at his job on purpose. It's one thing to say that his efforts are not effective and quite another thing to say he doesn't care. It makes no political sense for him not to care. Even if he truly doesn't care on a personal level, he must surely care that his continued failure to beat Boko Haram is destroying him politically.

Seun:
What leads you to believe that he is not bothered? Do you live in his household? Do you regularly attend national security meetings?


What makes you think he wants to weaken the army? Hasn't he been raising their budget? Why'd he deliberately destroy his own credibility?

Seun:
That does not logically follow from what I'm saying. I'm saying that it makes no sense for GEJ to fail at his job on purpose. It's one thing to say that his efforts are not effective and quite another thing to say he doesn't care. It makes no political sense for him not to care. Even if he truly doesn't care on a personal level, he must surely care that his continued failure to beat Boko Haram is destroying him politically.

Seun:
That does not logically follow from what I'm saying. I'm saying that it makes no sense for GEJ to fail at his job on purpose. It's one thing to say that his efforts are not effective and quite another thing to say he doesn't care. It makes no political sense for him not to care. Even if he truly doesn't care on a personal level, he must surely care that his continued failure to beat Boko Haram is destroying him politically.

oluwato69sin: your name speaks for itself

komekn:

Ozonna,

I remain anonymous but I do have a fairly decent amount of experiential knowledge in this subject area. The tank in question is a T55 essentially 1960 's tech. armour is not clearly effective against RPG7 or sustained 20mm fire, your advantage is in engaging Boko at distance of which its not that accurate against fast moving targets as it 100mm gun is not stabilised, and I am talking about a tank in top serviceable condition. Furthermore they are slow, most likely poorly serviced spare parts not available as they are essentially obsolete. and I suspect we did not deploy them in enough numbers to give us any kind of advantage.

In all honesty these armoured vehicles we have deployed are outdated don't have precision weapons stations and target acquisition software, for example a Boxster and or Patria MRAV with a remote weapons station even at night could acquire multiple target with 100% accuracy at 1.5km and beyond essentially take out 10 technicals before they even got near to 500metres. Furthermore, it could got toe to toe with a Boko technical and take hits without any penetration of its armour even RPG7s.

The Otokar Cobra which we use in frontal assaults is a Light armoured vehicle will not take hits from a 50cal and will be ripped open by a 20mm or above on those technicals. Not surprisingly we opted for the most basic model almost zero electronic interfacing, that's why they can be captured and we can't track them.

If you capture a US, French etc vehicle you have just set yourself up to be laser bombed and or Excaliber artillery shelled to your 73 virgins, furthermore all your movements communications incl. satellite wil be tracked and you will be at serious disadvantage. This is what modern fit for purpose linked in assets give you.

donphilopus:

That's the problem the NA is having. People now feel joining the Army is now a means of employment. They no longer join them to serve their fatherland!

Seun:
That does not logically follow from what I'm saying. I'm saying that it makes no sense for GEJ to fail at his job on purpose. It's one thing to say that his efforts are not effective and quite another thing to say he doesn't care. It makes no political sense for him not to care. Even if he truly doesn't care on a personal level, he must surely care that his continued failure to beat Boko Haram is destroying him politically.

komekn:

Ozonna,

I remain anonymous but I do have a fairly decent amount of experiential knowledge in this subject area. The tank in question is a T55 essentially 1960 's tech. armour is not clearly effective against RPG7 or sustained 20mm fire, your advantage is in engaging Boko at distance of which its not that accurate against fast moving targets as it 100mm gun is not stabilised, and I am talking about a tank in top serviceable condition. Furthermore they are slow, most likely poorly serviced spare parts not available as they are essentially obsolete. and I suspect we did not deploy them in enough numbers to give us any kind of advantage.

In all honesty these armoured vehicles we have deployed are outdated don't have precision weapons stations and target acquisition software, for example a Boxster and or Patria MRAV with a remote weapons station even at night could acquire multiple target with 100% accuracy at 1.5km and beyond essentially take out 10 technicals before they even got near to 500metres. Furthermore, it could got toe to toe with a Boko technical and take hits without any penetration of its armour even RPG7s.

The Otokar Cobra which we use in frontal assaults is a Light armoured vehicle will not take hits from a 50cal and will be ripped open by a 20mm or above on those technicals. Not surprisingly we opted for the most basic model almost zero electronic interfacing, that's why they can be captured and we can't track them.

If you capture a US, French etc vehicle you have just set yourself up to be laser bombed and or Excaliber artillery shelled to your 73 virgins, furthermore all your movements communications incl. satellite wil be tracked and you will be at serious disadvantage. This is what modern fit for purpose linked in assets give you.

olapluto: 480!!! WOW!
Well, when they wont get salary on time, have to beg for bullets, and not assured of their family welfare in case they die in action, I dont blame them.
But 480 is an alarmingly high number. The president is not even bothered. He is setting a very very very disturbing precedence here in Nigeria. Never have we had so many deserters.
It is a shame that in a time of war, our leaders are weakening our army.
I fear that by the time GEJ hands over (hopefully next year), he may not have more than 32 states to hand over. Systematic disintegration of Nigeria is going on under a president that is happy to weaken the army to prevent a coup d'etat rather than equip the army to maintain territorial integrity of the country.

dustydee: I am not a fan conspiracy theory but I am tempted to think that the government is deliberately trying to sabotage the military.
These soldiers keep crying out to the world that they are not well equipped while the military top brass counters by saying it is not true, adding the military has every thing it needs. The president goes to the national assembly to seek for funds and the Military Generals reiterate that they are well equipped. Meanwhile Boko Haram is slowly advancing into the country and we keep hearing of desertions. I suspect that it has something to do with the 2015 elections. The trick may be cause chaos in the oppositions' possible strong holds so that elections will not be held in those places and then capitalise on that to win the elections. I suspect this because even if the president does not posses the leadership qualities need to lead this country, it is evident to the even a secondary school student that these guys need to be motivated in as many ways as possible. A good leader will demand accountability and results from the Generals for all the resources being put into this war against terror. Again this is just what has been on my mind these past few days.

God bless Nigeria and raise for us a good leader.

maclatunji:

#CHAI, you are adding to my depression.

Seun:
That does not logically follow from what I'm saying. I'm saying that it makes no sense for GEJ to fail at his job on purpose. It's one thing to say that his efforts are not effective and quite another thing to say he doesn't care. It makes no political sense for him not to care. Even if he truly doesn't care on a personal level, he must surely care that his continued failure to beat Boko Haram is destroying him politically.

duni04:
Forget consporacies. Its just incompetence, corruption, bureaucracy, nepotism....the list is endless. There is no conspiracy by generator coys to keep Nigeria in darkness, its corruption, pipe line vandalisation and looting of the power budget that are keeping us in darkness. Same with education, transportation and all the other facets of our national life. Nigeria cannot defeat boko haram because of our systemic issues. Just like obasanjo's $16 billion power budget is unaccounted for and Nigeria remains in darkness, Jonathan's $14 billion defence budget remains unaccounted for and Boko haram is gaining territory. Its a systemic problem!