Nigeria does not need mercenaries in its fight against Boko Haram, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said yesterday. The country has the capacity to handle the insurgents on its own, Acting Director of Defence Information (DDI) Col. Rabe Abubakar said. Abubakar was reacting to some foreign news agencies’ claim that Nigeria is planning to hire South African mercenaries to prosecute the anti-insurgency campaign. The former President Goodluck Jonathan administration was criticised for secretly engaging the services of some South African meceneries. The foreign news agencies claimed that the Buhari administration is also planning to hire merceneries to help the military to crush Boko Harm by December, the deadline given the armed forces to crush the sect. Some reports yesterday quoted an anonymous top military source as saying that Nigeria has engaged South Africa-based private contractor Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection (STTEP). Five persons were yesterday arraigned in an Abuja Federal High Court for the October 2 Nyanya and Kuje bomb explosions. Their arraignment followed their parade at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) Abuja Headquarters. Also in a statement in Abuja, Force spokesperson Olabisi Kolawole said Boko Haram members “use iPads and laptops to make bombs”. According to the agency, STTEP is deploying 250 personnel and equipment, including fighter jets in Operation Fire Force, to help Nigeria crush Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast. Describing the report as part of a deliberately orchestrated covert action and propaganda aimed at setting Nigerians against their government and the military, Abubakar said they were part of the blackmail and disinformation from Nigeria’s enemies. The issue is being given added significance because shortly before he came into office, President Muhammadu Buhari had declared the Jonathan administration’s hiring of South African mercenaries as a big shame. “”It is a shame it can’t secure 14 out of 774 local government areas in the country”, Buhari had told elders of the Arewa Consultative Forum in Kaduna in May. Speaking on the telephone yesterday, Abubakar said: “The issue about mercenaries lacks substance; I want you to note that for the past months, the military has been fighting this war more and more effectively and all Nigerians, irrespective of where they live, have come to understand that we are making tremendous progress. “So, why should some people bring up this idea of bringing in mercenaries? Which mercenaries, from where and to do what? “You see, all this is part of the usual antics of blackmail by the enemies of Nigeria – those who do not want the progress that the Nigerian military are making and those who are not happy with the successes we are recording. “They are trying to derail by inciting Nigerians against the Nigerian armed forces. “There is no nation in the world where such thing (hiring mercenaries while winning a battle) happens. “We are doing our best and achieving effective results; we don’t need to say it because Nigerians see it and appreciate what we are doing. We will continue to use our soldiers, our officers and all our domestic resources. “The Nigerian armed forces is doing its best to ensure that we surmount the Boko Haram issue and other allied criminalities; so, such disinformation or blackmail will not deter us from doing what we are supposed to be doing. “It is not just a lie; it is completely unfounded and baseless. “We will continue to do our part and our armed forces are capable of dislodging Boko Haram. “We have done it elsewhere and we will do it in our country”, he said.
http://thenationonlineng.net/dhq-no-mercenaries-for-fight-against-boko-haram/

Why hire south African merchineries when we can put a call to Putin to send few of his meceneries to do the job

I am glad that you see things from that perspective

redsconsult:
Why hire south African merchineries when we can put a call to Putin to send few of his meceneries to do the job

I wrote a comment earlier , supporting Buhari's supposed decision to hire mercenaries , If this is the way forward, as long as Cash is not being flown to SA or other countries, as long as due process is followed, i am happy and will be happy that Buhari wants to meet the december dead line

The sooner this ends, the better for Christians in the North on the coming Christmas and thereafter

Off course it's THE NATION!

PRYCE:
Off course it's THE NATION!

APC attack dog newspaper are they.

redsconsult:
Why hire south African merchineries when we can put a call to Putin to send few of his meceneries to do the job

Syria placed a call before Putin aided in quenching the menace of the ISIS.


Guy abeg talk well.

Propaganda. Coming from the NATIONS, owned by TINUBU.

N,A na the best set of liars in the world

“We have done it elsewhere and we will do it in our country” - NA
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Shey na when boko haram bomb Aso rock una go finally get sense?
Make una swallow una yeye pride. Place a call to Putin ASAP!

See the two pained wailers above me. I like to see them cry online.

permsec:
Syria placed a call before Putin aided in quenching the menace of the ISIS.


Guy abeg talk well.

must every nation follow the Syria method of calling for assistance from putin. Abeg u need otapiapia for your headache

wailers, see ya lives!

Nigeria army should refrain from churning out lies on daily basis to zoogerians
We have the records and every details of such arrangements. Shame on Burutai and his boys scout called Zoogeria army!!!

Zoogeria and lies are inseparable