4Play:

I agree that Nigerians - whether in Govt or not -are looking for simple solutions. However, this anecdote about a Nigerian asking for equipment that effectively reads minds sounds completely fabricated.

kolykoldy: Exactly a year after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a “state of emergency” in north-eastern Nigeria, it seems to have had little effect in curbing the Islamist insurgency.
Attacks by the Boko Haram group that provoked the move included an assault on a military barracks, detonating a bomb at a bus station in the northern city of Kano and the kidnap of a Frenchfamily, including four children, which grabbed the world’s attention.
The declaration would bring “extraordinary measures” to bear against the insurgents in order to “restore normalcy” to the region, the president said.
“The troops have orders to carry out all necessary actions within the ambit of their rules of engagement to put an end to the impunity of insurgents and terrorists,” President Jonathan said.
Now, after 12 months of state of emergency powers being in force, in the past few weeks Boko Haram has attacked several military bases, bombed a busy bus terminal in the capital, Abuja – twice – and launched an audacious kidnapping ofmorethan 200 schoolgirls from Chibok which has set the world on edge.
“When they declared it I thought it had to be tried,” says Habeeb Pindiga, editor of Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper, “but honestly it has not succeeded.”
In the year leading up to the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe state, there were 741 civilian death reported, according to data collected by the University of Sussex in the UK.
In the 12 months since the figure of civilian causalities has more than tripled to 2,265.
Mr Pindiga says the military has not dealt with big problems it faces.
Because of the military’s human rights record people do not trust them, plus they lack modern equipment, training andmotivation.
Attacks in the three states have increased since the emergency rule was brought in last year
Civilians do not trust the security forces deployed to the north-east
A UK military officer who has worked closely with the Nigerians says they are stuck in a Catch-22 situation.
“The trouble with the Nigerian government is that they want a big red button, which you can press and it will fix everything,” says James Hall, a retired colonel and former UK military attache to Nigeria.
“I was asked by a senior commander if we could sell them the machine that can tell if a car driving down the road contains a terrorist,” he added.
“I tried to tell them that such a machine doesn’t exist, but then they just thought we were hiding it from them.”
The UK is very wary in giving training assistance, and sales of better equipment are also problematic, he says..........
Source: BBC exclusive

desgiezd:

How could the bolded be possibly true? I find it extremely difficult to believe. Our military may be facing serious challenges presently but they are not as bad as being painted here.

berem: this nonsense you just typed has nothing to do with the topic. I will not allow you derail this thread as you always do.

Iluvberem:

berem:

Arosa: I think it's time to invite the US to bring in the drones, just like in pakistan.

Collynzo15:
Let them dislodge ISIS in their Iraq first, then we will invite them

tokunboh:

So tongue in cheek lol. You forgot to mention catapult. Boko Haram has been fighting NA mostly with weapons stolen from them. They are not more armed than the NA

kolykoldy: .....................“I was asked by a senior commander if we could sell them the machine that can tell if acardriving down the road contains a terrorist,” he added.
“I tried to tell them that such a machine doesn’t exist, but then they just thought we were hiding it from them.”.......

Afroconnect: These British and Americans only care about their citizens nd Nation.

Let us tax their compnies in Nigeria heavily nd seek fir trade agreements...it is all man for himself but our Nation led by wasteful dumb leaders keep doing big brother.

These white people don't care if we all die,they are only after our resources...a bunch of drug addicted gangsters.

kolykoldy: “The trouble with the Nigerian government is that they want a big red button, which you can press and it will fix everything,” says James Hall, a retired colonel and former UK military attache to Nigeria.
“I was asked by a senior commander if we could sell them the machine that can tell if a car driving down the road contains a terrorist,” he added.
“I tried to tell them that such a machine doesn’t exist, but then they just thought we were hiding it from them.”
The UK is very wary in giving training assistance, and sales of better equipment are also problematic, he says..........
Source: BBC exclusive

desirewhet:

Lmao........imagine the way just one man is ridiculing a whole country! Buh Nigeria sef...do dey tink everytin is magic?

The UK is very wary in giving training assistance, and sales of better equipment are also problematic, he says.........

EasternLeopard:


Thank you for reminding me about catapults. I also forgot swords spears javelins etc

This video proves those who do claim that the FG are not equipping the military wrong


To me

someone just freely handover the armoury to BH


Imagine, the armoury was not destroyed neither were trackers installed

Annoying part is seeing only two soldiers

Where are other soldiers

Imagine an armoury not guarded with long range weapons

Imagine there were no snipers placed on that hill to take out BH technicals

The Commanding Officer needs to be shot

Someone is sabotaging war effort

Someone is trading NE security for money


Now I understand why Ihejirika was hated and opposed.

Arosa:

What do you think this part means?

EasternLeopard:


Thank you for reminding me about catapults. I also forgot swords spears javelins etc

This video proves those who do claim that the FG are not equipping the military wrong


To me

someone just freely handover the armoury to BH


Imagine, the armoury was not destroyed neither were trackers installed

Annoying part is seeing only two soldiers

Where are other soldiers

Imagine an armoury not guarded with long range weapons

Imagine there were no snipers placed on that hill to take out BH technicals

The Commanding Officer needs to be shot

Someone is sabotaging war effort

Someone is trading NE security for money


Now I understand why Ihejirika was hated and opposed.

desirewhet:

Hahahah!! Simply implies that we r not ready to combat d menace naa

Arosa:

EasternLeopard:


Thank you for reminding me about catapults. I also forgot swords spears javelins etc

This video proves those who do claim that the FG are not equipping the military wrong


To me

someone just freely handover the armoury to BH


Imagine, the armoury was not destroyed neither were trackers installed

Annoying part is seeing only two soldiers

Where are other soldiers

Imagine an armoury not guarded with long range weapons

Imagine there were no snipers placed on that hill to take out BH technicals

The Commanding Officer needs to be shot

Someone is sabotaging war effort

Someone is trading NE security for money


Now I understand why Ihejirika was hated and opposed.

desirewhet:

What's ur view on it?

Ttalk: “I was asked by a senior commander if we could sell them the machine that can tell if a car driving down the road contains a terrorist,” he added.
To me the idea by the army commander is not bad, what is bad is our dependency and inability to look out of the box.

What stop Nigerians from developing a chip and a software that can be fixed into mobile phones to detect bomb from a distance?

Why cant our so called intellectuals embark on research to simplified bomb detector machine into microchip, after all mainframe used to be the in-thing until Bill Gate and co started developing smaller ones?

Why cant Nigeria Military engineer embark on a new innovation that would bring about the solution to the problem of terrorism against mankind?

Why dont YOU think of something positive that can bring about the change we all desire?

4Play:

I agree that Nigerians - whether in Govt or not -are looking for simple solutions. However, this anecdote about a Nigerian asking for equipment that effectively reads minds sounds completely fabricated.

eaglechild:
It doesn't just sound fabricated it is belittling and incredibly stewpid.

The person perhaps was just trying to be sarcastic and the Brit swallowed everything.

ikp4succes:

i knw some Nigerians who would actually think like that, maybe he meant to track bombs in the car or person before detonation.. shey u get.

ikp4succes:

A country where the army don't have research labs or the university, what you expect. This things take planing and Nigeria is not ready for all this things. You see in america for example its easier to catch a terrorist becos everything is in place. The system already knw what to do to handle something like that, but in Nigeria we after what we would eat today, while the people in power think about their own family as they don't believe in the country, its going to be hard.