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Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by dont8(m): 12:51am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman The Nigerian Army has recalled over 2,500 soldiers who were asked to withdraw from service for alleged offences committed under the counter- insurgency operations code named Operation Zaman Lafiya. http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-army-reinstates-2500-soldiers-102-officers/ 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by chocolateme(f): 12:52am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Very good.. atleast the manpower will be boosted in the fight against insurgency.. Again, so that many families can eat via been breadwinners to their respective homes. FTC 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by dont8(m): 12:59am On Aug 24, 2015 |
chocolateme:You are right, it's a right step in the right direction and with this, the morale of their other colleagues will be boosted knowing fully well the authority will do the right thing concerning their welfare. 10 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by shegsrules(m): 1:18am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Kudos to the Nigerian army but I hope we won't have a repeat of such again. 4 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by BishopMagic: 1:24am On Aug 24, 2015 |
chocolateme: You think dismissal in the army is like getting a sack? These are the bokos that infiltrated the army that Buhari is reinstating for a job well done 10 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by BishopMagic: 1:26am On Aug 24, 2015 |
dont8: Did you bothered to investigate what led to their dismissal in the first place? Dismissal in the army always stems from criminality. These are the bokos that have been fully re integrated back into the army. 7 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by dont8(m): 1:39am On Aug 24, 2015 |
BishopMagic: Wrong my friend, I followed the story to date. Those guys were dismissed unjustly because they were protesting about their welfare and at same time, they were ill-equipped to fight the terrorists. When they don't have weapons to fight with, do you expect them to use their mouth as weapon and even thank God, Alex Badeh has confirmed they don't have what it takes in fighting the insurgents https://www.nairaland.com/2490501/terrorism-headed-military-lacked-equipment So, next... 22 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by likila: 2:08am On Aug 24, 2015 |
An Army of deserters 1 Like |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by BishopMagic: 2:10am On Aug 24, 2015 |
dont8: Including 108 officers? |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by chocolateme(f): 2:17am On Aug 24, 2015 |
BishopMagic:not really but there are still Incentives that may have been missed or denied coupled with delay in salaries and the rest of them. 2 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by BishopMagic: 2:21am On Aug 24, 2015 |
chocolateme: What are you ranting about? Before any officer or personnel can be dismissed he or she must be subjected to a court Marshall and found wanting. So there is a high probability these officers and men now being reinstated did not conduct themselves well or were involved in one act of criminality or breach of rules 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by mikolo80: 3:49am On Aug 24, 2015 |
BishopMagic:the officers get otumokpor Abi odeshi wen dem go take chest. 50 cal rounds or explosive egg against apc or what is this incredulity you're showing 6 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by BishopMagic: 3:55am On Aug 24, 2015 |
mikolo80: Officers were never involved in the mutiny case. It was mainly NCOs. You obviously do not understand the workings of the military. I can bet those officers where relieved of both their command and jobs after they were involved in abandoning their positions or not engaging boko haram. The case of a senior ranking officer who abandoned 4 APC vehicles and a light tank for Boko Haram comes to mind. |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by BishopMagic: 4:06am On Aug 24, 2015 |
mikolo80: [size=18pt]Nigerian military arrests Generals, other senior officers over Boko Haram’s takeover of Baga[/size] January 30, 2015 A Brigadier General, Enitan Ransome-Kuti, his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel G.A. Suru and some other senior officers have been arrested by the authorities of the Nigerian military over their failure to repel the attack on the headquarters of the Multinational Joint Task Force [MNJTF] in Baga. Mr. Ransome-Kuti, the Commander of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, MNJTF, his Chief of Staff and the other senior officers were detained shortly after they arrived Maiduguri from Monguno where they and their troops took refuge after they were dislodged from Baga. The arrest of the officers was exclusively disclosed to PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday by reliable military insiders who requested not to be named as they were not authorised to speak on the matter. Also arrested, our sources said, are the Commanding Officers of the 134 and 174 Battalions — a Lieutenant Colonel Haruna and a Major Aliyu. The two battalions are under the MNJTF but were also dislodged from their locations during the Boko Haram offensive of January 3. These senior officers, now being held at the officers’ mess of the 21 Armoured Brigade, Maiduguri, were arrested over their inability to repel the Baga attack in spite of the weapons in their arsenal. They have also been asked to account for the weapons lost to the insurgents. Mr. Aliyu is an acting commanding officer of the 134 battalion. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the substantive commanding officer of the battalion, a Lieutenant Colonel Etang is already facing court-martial following a previous attack on his battalion on November 5, 2014. Our sources said military authorities are disappointed that the attack on Baga was not repelled by troops of both battalions and the MNJTF headquarters despite all weapons made available to them. The sources said the military authorities are especially angry with Mr. Ransome-Kuti for his inability to lead his troop to counter the Boko Haram onslaught despite the high calibre weapons and ammunition made available to his formation. The Brigadier General is also said to have gone underground for four days after the MNJTF was dislodged. “Nobody was able to reach him and nobody could tell where he was,” one of our sources said. “The suspicion is that he was roaming around Maiduguri in mufti while his troop were in disarray. He and his officers have to account for everything.” Also, the Brigade Commander of the 5 Brigade, Monguno, a Brigadier General Yekini, who was injured in the Monguno attack on Sunday, is yet to be arrested because he is still receiving treatment for injuries sustained during the attack, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. He has been placed under close watch on his hospital bed, and might be fully detained once he is discharged from hospital, our sources said. However, Defence spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, declined to confirm or deny the arrests. He however said it is not unusual for the military to hold officers accountable for the tasks assigned to them. “Every officer who is given a mission must be made accountable for his performance, and that is not necessarily an indictment of the officer; at least until investigations are concluded,” Mr. Olukolade, a Major General, said. Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect had on January 3 attacked the base of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, MNJTF, in Baga, Borno State, dislodging the soldiers. A senior security official said the attack, which started at about 5 a.m., was one of the fiercest in recent times as soldiers battled to hold their grounds without much success. The MNJTF was created by defence and military chiefs from the six countries that make up the Lake Chad Basin Commission to combat arms trafficking, terrorism and related cross-border attacks that have continued to rise in the region. Boko Haram terrorists see the existence of the MNJTF as a major threat to their operations, hence their continued attack on the base and the town with a view to having full control of the area. In the last two years, Baga town has suffered five major attacks with high casualty – the latest being that of November 2014 when Boko Haram terrorists ambushed fishermen returning from a night fishing expedition and slit the throats of 43 of them. The terrorists also launched three different attacks on Borno’s three largest towns – Maiduguri, Konduga and Monguno on Sunday. While the attacks on Maiduguri and Konduga were repelled by the Nigerian military, Monguno fell to the the insurgents. On Monday, PREMIUM TIMES had exclusively reported how, despite warning troops to remain on alert, the leadership of the 5 Brigade failed to take the necessary steps and make the right deployment of men and equipment to check the imminent attack. The troops were indeed warned to be at alert following intelligence report that terrorists would strike between January 22 and 25. Despite the warnings, when the terrorists arrived on Sunday, the troops were taken by surprise. Military insiders said the insurgents arrived at about 2 am on Sunday, parking their Hilux vans deep into the bush, with their headlights on. Soldiers of the Brigade, who saw the unusual lights, began to shoot in the direction of the vans without knowing that the insurgents had left the vans and advanced close to the Brigade headquarters. Suddenly, the insurgents began to shoot sporadically. The troop of the Brigade, including those of the Multinational Joint Task Force [MJTF], who were camped at a school inside the barracks after they were dislodged from Baga, engaged the terrorists in a long exchange of gunfire. The biggest fighting tank owned by the brigade, known as “shika,” killed several insurgents, and wounded several others. It was such a long battle that the equipment, which provided cover for ground troops, suddenly ran out of ammunition and began to withdraw. As it withdrew, the rifle men behind also retreated, as the insurgents followed in pursuit. In the process, Brigade Commander, Mr. Yekini and a few other soldiers were wounded. It is not clear the number of soldiers and while 53 insurgents were killed in the attacks. “We could have overpowered the insurgents, but there was no enough ammunition,” an officer, who participated in the battle, had told PREMIUM TIMES. 4 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by segebobo: 4:23am On Aug 24, 2015 |
The review of cases should be done carefully so as to reinstate only those unjustly dismissed 1 Like |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by mikolo80: 4:38am On Aug 24, 2015 |
BishopMagic:you read my exchange with the other guy at all. we on the same side. and unless you're a regular serving or retired regular, I will always have a better understanding of how the Armed Forces works |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by ORACLE1975(m): 5:44am On Aug 24, 2015 |
I am sorry to say this, I have said it before, if I was in that kind of Army, I would have deserted too. A army that was ill-equipped? What makes a human being a soldier is not the fine uniform and the boot, a lot civilians wear Army uniform to disco party abroad. What makes a man a soldier besides having received the military training, is the armament. You want your Army to go and fight the boko harams with obsolete weapons, and few bullets and you expect them to remain gallant? I would have run away too if I was in that kind of Army. The N9.2bn cooking stove money should have been used to equip the Army. Most of the Internally Displaced Nigerians and the recent returnees from Chad, Niger and Cameroun had nothing to cook or eat for months where they have been taking refuge from boko haram attacks, and Nigerian govt was importing cooking stoves for N9.2bn. 2 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by kenedy175(m): 5:51am On Aug 24, 2015 |
I just hope they NA didn't reinstate deserters and saboteurs 1 Like |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by SaiBuharii: 8:03am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Wow. So Jonathan sacked 2500 soldiers, and they kept saying soldiers moral was low. Why not= 1 Like |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by Mogidi: 8:04am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Boko haram sympathizers sacked but now being reinstated by the Buhari administration. Why is anyone surprised ISIS leaders are getting visas to Nigeria? 4 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by Dottore: 8:04am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Good one 1 Like |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by Nobody: 8:05am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Baba is working 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by trigar12(m): 8:05am On Aug 24, 2015 |
I ve not heard of any suicide bombing for a while now, dats great ... Buhari is working 1 Like |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by otabuko(m): 8:06am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Good move |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by Nobody: 8:06am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Wrong decision. While I appreciate the fact that the soldiers were poorly armed...the army is not a democracy. You are supposed to obey orders...even if they are ''crazy''. In 1943...some Allied soldiers from Canada were sent to attack the shores of Nazi Occupied France to test the shore defences. They knew the mission would end in their deaths or capture....but they went, and the info gathered was of vital importance in the liberation of France in 1944. Would the Allies have gotten that info if the soldiers mutinied.? No. If the Army is composed of mutinous soldiers.....the defence of the nation is at risk. Yes....let us deal with corruption, and poor equipment...and bad officers...but let us also not mess the defence of the nation up. 2 Likes |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by yubarbs(m): 8:06am On Aug 24, 2015 |
This is a welcome development. 1 Like |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by RichDad1(m): 8:06am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Shame on GEJ and Badeh. |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by aftatechbiz(m): 8:07am On Aug 24, 2015 |
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Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by kristisking(m): 8:07am On Aug 24, 2015 |
That's good 1 Like |
Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by ochoa(m): 8:07am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Our soldiers deserve our minds to remember them,hearts to break for them,souls to pray for them,hands to help them up,shoulders to lean on. Meanwhile 1 Like
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Re: Boko Haram: Army Reinstates 2,500 Soldiers, 102 Officers by myners007: 8:08am On Aug 24, 2015 |
Reason being that Boko Haram has sucessfully reduced the size of our Army |
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