ABUJA – The December deadline given to the Nigerian Army by president Mohammadu Buhari to completely rout out Boko Haram insurgents in the North east may not be feasible after all, as Service Chiefs on Monday told the president that their effort was being threatened by weather and logistics.

The Service Chiefs however did not specifically ask for extension of time.

Speaking to State House Correspondents on behalf of the Chiefs after a Security meeting with president Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja to brief him on the efforts of the military so far in the troubled north east, the Chief of Defense Staff, CDS, Abayomi Olonishakin and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Alhaji Ismalia Aliyu, said the military was still on course despite the challenges.

Olonishakin said: “It is a normal consultation to intimate him of the issues on ground we briefed him on the security situation on ground after a 60-day review and we had to brief him on the challenges we have and ensure that the mandate we have is properly delivered.

“Of course, the challenges we are looking at are the issues of probably the weather as it were and some other logistics that we feel we should have so that the mandate can be quickly delivered. He is very excited, very happy. As for our request, he gave the mandate.

Extension of the deadline?

“We have not said that. The mandate is that we should clear Boko Haram from the occupied territories and ensure that we reclaim all the lost grounds. That is exactly what we are doing.

Is the mandate feasible?

“It is a military operation and military operations have time-lines and these time-lines, we are working on the assiduously”.

The CDS also confirmed the contributions of the governments of both United States of America and the United kingdom.

“When we get there, we will let you know. They have been involved in some capacity building and of course the tangible ones. But when we get there, we will let you know about it”.

In the same vein, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Alhaji Aliyu also hinted that the presidential directive was for the military to stay on task even as he expressed confidence in the ability of the military to ensure that the mandate was realized.

“We are here to brief the president on the situation of what armed forces have been doing in the north east and the south south. That is exactly what we discussed with Mr President.

“The directive is that we should continue what we have been doing and in the next few days, there will be another meeting. But by and large the president is excited and confident that the leadership of the Nigerian armed forces that he puts in will do us proud”, he said.

The meeting also had the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno in attendance.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/boko-haram-weather-logistics-challenges-threatening-december-deadline-service-chiefs-tell-buhari/

fake asss people

Shoro niyen

..and Buhari was asked "Will you resign if you fail to meet the December deadline" ..See speed wey him take shout No!!! ..

.. meanwhile, arch Ministerial angel of information, Alhaji Lai Lalasticlala will chant happily at the C in C to resign whenever a bomb goes off ..


GEJ has been vindicated ..

..As for me, I don change my name to Nnamdiwin

Excuse galore......

This is deception and cluelesness taken too far.

Boko Haram does not observe the weather in wrecking havoc. Our military are already making weather the excuse for not meeting December target. For how long shall we live in this national horror...?

I am being daily vindicated for not contributing to the emergence of this inept drunkard from Daura

Arrant nonsense... How on earth will u give time on ending terrorism! They will do all they can to prove u wrong, Buhari is a general..general my foot. Illeterate general that lacks modern day strategies. I pity those. That were deceived with propaganda

This country is a joke.shame on this northern almajiri deservice chiefs.

Now the mask is been unravelled,the alpha image is gradually fading away,the more competent northern almajiri are crying excuses,the deceit and despearation wil soon find another excuse.

For them to meet the deadline, their wives, children and mother have to be in BH custody.
Guess with that, its gonna help speed things up!



Awon ONIRANU

here they come with more lies... Nigerians are the ones to always suffer for it.

How did vanguard conclude its headline from this interview. Useless Ipob newspaper

athaboi:
Arrant nonsense... How on earth will u give time on ending terrorism! They will do all they can to prove u wrong, Buhari is a general..general my foot. Illeterate general that lacks modern day strategies. I pity those. That were deceived with propaganda

Timeline was to recover all lost territories

We already know that you guys are more interested in making political statements and scoring political points, and not to seriously tackle Boko Haram.

IyaIode:
How did vanguard conclude its headline from this interview. Useless Ipob newspaper

For yaa information girl, (vanquard newspapers was owned by a Yoruba man,
kitikpa gbabuo i ebea, Maka ikponyere afa umunem abea IPOB

IyaIode:

Timeline was to recover all lost territories

pls go away, i hate nebotism. Was to recover lost territories and not to end boko haram, if u swear now u will die. Did u even read the headline? U will die will propaganda

These insurgents are not aliens. They don't live in space,they live on land. This is where intelligence gathering has to be top notch.The military,DSS and other intelligence services need to up their game.

gab264:
For yaa information girl, (vanquard newspapers was owned by a Yoruba man,
kitikpa gbabuo i ebea, Maka ikponyere afa umunem abea IPOB

Iya nla iya e, ipob drug pusher

Ehn? Ehn!!

athaboi:
pls go away, i hate nebotism. Was to recover lost territories and not to end boko haram, if u swear now u will die. Did u even read the headline? U will die will propaganda

Ma wo ashiere na, dem swear for you? Na swear kill your people? No vex me this morning o

That is understandable. But I suggest the government stops giving deadlines and just do its work- let Nigerians assess them based on facts on ground. They feed the ravenous Wailers with stuffs like this.

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Simply put, the army chiefs can longer decode the president's body odour(signals).
In that case, I advise the president relocates to Maiduguri and ooze his body odour ( offensive) directly to the Boko Haram.

After all, in a recent interview with Aljazeera, he said instead of resigning he'll engage the Boko Haram one on one. Now, that his soldiers can no longer meet the December deadline is it not time the C-in-C led the war from the front?

The deadline was a fatal error in the first place. terror is not something u set a date for. what if they wait and strike from January? u people better start fighting Islamic hardcore preachers now or live with terror till thy kingdom come.

I pray Boko Haram should be eradicated because human lives are so precious...

I weep for Nigeria

The worst of it all is after they've said they killed BH men, Shekau will send out a video telling Nigerian that the Army are lying. That shit makes me wanna ask, who have these Nigerian Soldiers been killing. Nigeria is getting funny day in and out.

Na waoooo, I don tire for this country wey dem de dribble us like Ronaldinho. Does Buhari consults the service Chiefs before making his promises?