texaco1: In other words , bama did indeed fell into enemy hands yesterday and now the military want to regain control. This isn't good enough. Let's just pray that bh doesn't get their hands on the weapons in bama barracks

Obiagelli: this is the kind of news i want to hear.

nigerianvenom:

no,u dont want this kind of news.u want to hear that our military men are totally subdue by the infant soldiers of the cry cry master,buhariii

CyberWolf: you are a big foool...you are indirectly telling BH that there are weapons in Bama..

Obiagelli: this is the kind of news i want to hear.

nigerianvenom:

no,u dont want this kind of news.u want to hear that our military men are totally subdue by the infant soldiers of the cry cry master,buhariii

koboko69: I dont get....i thought the military claimed to be in control of Bama.....what then are they bombarding in Bama again? Do u bombard a place you are in control of?

koboko69: I dont get....i thought the military claimed to be in control of Bama.....what then are they bombarding in Bama again? Do u bombard a place you are in control of?

Obiagelli:
you guys come across as 1diots at times.

texaco1: reports from soldiers that entered maiduguri isn't so good about the situation in bama . Bama barracks is very very crucial and only a very dummb goat will believe that boko haram fighters don't know how important that barrack and town is. If it falls just like ppl have been saying since yesterday ,the best solution will be for the army to completely bomb that place because if those boko guys gets their hands on the equipments their,then it is a sorry case.

chinology:
[b]Security sources said military commanders had withdrawn ground troops that earlier engaged the terrorists, to allow the use of sweeping air attacks.

The military had earlier warned residents to leave the town ahead of the clash Monday.

“But the insurgents seemed to have resorted to using a few of their members to create a detour (distraction) and make the aircrafts dissipate their bombs so that they would come attacking with a much larger force,” said the source.

Military sources told PREMIUM TIMES the aerial bombardment of suspected insurgents on Monday commences the gradual roll-out of full force against the sect by the Nigerian military.

“We were all along restrained because of the Chibok girls,” a top military source said. “But the time has now come to do something drastic. We cannot afford to allow a rag tag group to take over our country.”
“We were all along restrained because of the Chibok girls,” a top military source said. “But the time has now come to do something drastic. We cannot afford to allow a rag tag group to take over our country.”

koboko69:

I agree with u..i know exactly whats inside bama. But i still dont understand the effrontery those animals have to try to take bama. Reports reaching from my friends jist now is that the insurgents came in large numbers with heavy artillery and fire power. Its been difficult to repel them...but they have been trying thier best. Not like the militants have control...but the battle is tough...and that we should keep praying.

wirinet: I am not a military man and have not had any military training, but common sense dictates you cannot defeat an invading army with airstrikes alone. Airstrikes are supposed to be support for ground troops. They are meant to take out enemy heavy artillary like APCs and tanks to allow for a ground offensive. If Boko Haram has already captured a town like Bama, what is the use of air bombardments without ground troops? what will they be bombing? How will they know where the insurgents are hiding in the city?

It is a big shame that Boko Haram could overrun a military barracks and subsequently capture a whole town of half a million inhabitants in just 12 hours of fighting without any air support. Meanwhile our own soldiers are relying on bombing the insurgents at a distance from the air and hope recapture the town.

I am so sad about the latest developments in Borno.

koboko69: I dont get....i thought the military claimed to be in control of Bama.....what then are they bombarding in Bama again? Do u bombard a place you are in control of?