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Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by UrennaNkoli(f): 1:28pm On Apr 25, 2015
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have forced hundreds of soldiers to flee Marte, a border town along the shores of the Lake Chad, a local official and witnesses said Friday.

“The terrorists, numbering over 2,000, appeared from various directions on Thursday and engaged the soldiers in Kirenowa town and adjoining communities in Marte,” said Imamu Habeeb, a local community leader.

“They fought with soldiers over the night and the fight continued today (Friday), forcing hundreds of soldiers to flee,” he added from Borno state capital Maiduguri.

Local fighter Shehu Dan Baiwa said the more than 2,000 fighters had been armed with bombs and tanks. “They used the weapons without restraint and succeeded in killing several people,” he said.

This is the third time Boko Haram has seized control of Marte in restive Borno state, a key battleground of their six-year insurgency, which has killed more than 13,000 and left 1.5 million homeless.

The city is among several retaken in recent weeks by Nigeria’s military, which has launched an offensive against the Islamists as part of a regional operation supported by Chad, Cameroon and Niger.

But Boko Haram have been fighting back, and Nigerian troops were also forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold this week after a landmine blast killed one soldier and three vigilantes.

A senior local politician confirmed, on condition of anonymity, that the insurgents had retaken Marte.

“We lost many (people) because some of our people that fled to Chad and Cameroon have return after Nigerian troops recovered the town recently,” he added.

A senior military official confirmed the attack on Marte, but refused to say whether Boko Haram had retaken the town, describing the army’s retreat as “strategic”.
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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Usman212s: 1:37pm On Apr 25, 2015
God see us through

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Nobody: 1:48pm On Apr 25, 2015
Senior military official describing the retreat as "strategic". Frail Liars who will never accept defeat as always.

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by HitlerGaddafi: 1:52pm On Apr 25, 2015
Where did this nkoli run to all these years ? were you sent exiled ? grin

On the topic, if a muslim sect can force our soldiers to flee and drive them off, then something must be wrong somewhere.
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Nobody: 1:54pm On Apr 25, 2015
Ok, where is Jonathan sef when you need action?
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by shiningshina(m): 2:03pm On Apr 25, 2015
Xbabangida:
Senior military official describing the retreat as "strategic". Frail Liars who will never accept defeat as always.

These are clearly words of a fool.

You really think modern warfare is like your Ludo game?

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Nobody: 2:06pm On Apr 25, 2015
shiningshina:


These are clearly words of a fool.

You really think modern warfare is like your Ludo game?

abeg park well

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Arch1: 2:10pm On Apr 25, 2015
The Boko Haram insurgency is more dire than we know. Buhari might not be able to put an end to it. We need foreign military intervention

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by UrennaNkoli(f): 2:15pm On Apr 25, 2015
shiningshina:


These are clearly words of a fool.

You really think modern warfare is like your Ludo game?

Well i think you may be the fool here. Babangida is to some extent correct. The nigerian military or any other security operative will always find excuses in situations like this. There was a case of about 3 kidnapped kids some weeks ago and the family were asked to pay a ransom.They paid the money and the kids were released. When the police were later questioned, they told a different story, claiming they were involved in a gun battle with the kidnappers which forced them to abandon the kids and escape. In reality, that wasn't the case. These people will always find excuses in any messy situation they find themselves.

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by richidinho(m): 2:20pm On Apr 25, 2015
Please where is Chief Ufot Ekaette?

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by shiningshina(m): 2:20pm On Apr 25, 2015
Arch1:
The Boko Haram insurgency is more dire than we know. Buhari might not be able to put an end to it. We need foreign military intervention

Although GEJ toyed with the seriousness of Boko terrorism at the beginning, and inadvertently allowed them to fester, he cannot entirely be blamed for our dire situation. Terrorism is very difficult to defeat. The United States military have failed to defeat AlQaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan for 14 years. It is not an easy matter.

The problem is: no one tackles the root of the whole problem. There are still deadly fatwas rushing out of Saudi Arabia from its radical clerics (who also happen to be the palace scholars) which command Muslims to be intolerant against other humans, even encouraging "holy war" against anyone who does not follow the extremist Saudi brand of Islam. Unless these blood-drenched fatwas are stopped, there will always be gullible Muslims who follow them, and so there will always be Muslim terrorism across the world.

Sadly, the US is allies with the Saudi government (which pays for those fatwas).

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by IsraeliAIRFORCE: 2:25pm On Apr 25, 2015
Xbabangida:
Senior military official describing the retreat as "strategic". Frail Liars who will never accept defeat as always.

Clap for yourself.

Then rejoice and be exceedingly happy, for the armies of your friends have overthrown your enemy.

I know you will believe Bokoharam side of the story without questions

I will gladly welcome home my General, President Goodluck Jonathan who fought gallantly against unseen forces but was sabotaged by friends(enemies) within for regional conquest.

Welcome home the best President, Nigeria ever had, who was speedily transforming the country at our own pace until the conspirators deceived our people with change to somewhere yet unknown.

For the love of the country, we pray that Ret. Maj. Gen. Buhari succeeds in fulfilling and accomplishing half of his campaign promises to the betterment of the poor people on the streets who stood under the sun to get him elected and others who never believed in him

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by abduljabbar4(m): 3:00pm On Apr 25, 2015
I thought they are now using arrows.

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Anoruo(m): 3:05pm On Apr 25, 2015
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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by sammieguze(m): 3:05pm On Apr 25, 2015
Na wha o......



Is there a pig somewhere giving birth to those basta*rds?





D more we kill, the more they spawn or is this a game of matrix?

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by tobtap: 3:06pm On Apr 25, 2015
nawa oooo
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by boolet: 3:06pm On Apr 25, 2015
embarassed
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by jamex93(m): 3:07pm On Apr 25, 2015
na wa oo

make God help us for this issue

boko boys no dey hear at all

but God pass them
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by coolzeal(m): 3:07pm On Apr 25, 2015
Where are they recruiting all these guys from? 2000 able idiots to kill for apparently no reason. Perhaps, the glorified Nigerian arm forces can't defeat this psychopathic insurgents called Boko maniac.

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by jerflakes(m): 3:07pm On Apr 25, 2015
coolzeal:
Where are they recruiting all these guys from?

[size=15pt]Have you forgotten that bokoharam pledged allegiance to ISIL?

Do you know that bokoharam's new name is Islamic State of West Africa?

So, do you still want to know where they recruit these guys from?
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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by iluvweed(m): 3:07pm On Apr 25, 2015
smiley
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by miqos02(m): 3:07pm On Apr 25, 2015
haaaaa
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Vicjustice: 3:08pm On Apr 25, 2015
But the title...
Since when did Boko Haram become a "terrorist force"?
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Rexphobia(m): 3:08pm On Apr 25, 2015
I came here to read comments....
Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Nobody: 3:09pm On Apr 25, 2015
Hahahahahaha, this will add to buhari's failed govt of arrival. Very happy that it is happening. Hope muslims are been killed in large numbers? Well quoters will not allow me continue.

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Demmzy15(m): 3:09pm On Apr 25, 2015
HitlerGaddafi:
Where did this nkoli run to all these years ? were you sent exiled ? grin

On the topic, if a muslim sect can force our soldiers to flee and drive them off, then something must be wrong somewhere.
Not a Muslim sect, but a criminal sect!! Muslims are fighting against them, the local fighters are mostly Muslims and we have considerable amount of Muslim officers in the army!

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Re: Over 2, 000 Boko Haram Terrorists Force Soldiers To Flee Lake Chad by Chidexter(m): 3:10pm On Apr 25, 2015
OMg

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