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Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by BeeBeeOoh(m): 9:35pm On Dec 14, 2016
Odiriviroro Umusu, younger brother of Otos Umusu, a lieutenant colonel who was killed in a Boko Haram ambush in Borno state on Monday night, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari over his brother’s death.

Umusu’s death is coming a few weeks after the insurgents killed Abu-Ali, a lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of 272 task force battalion, in a night raid at Mallam Fatori in Borno state.

In an open letter to Buhari, the younger Umusu told the president to investigate the death of his brother.

Odiriviroro wondered how and why his brother bled to death, when the army should ordinarily be prepared to snuff out the kind of injury his brother suffered.

“My name is Odiriviroro Umusu. I am the immediate junior brother of one of your officers Lieutenant Colonel Otobrise Umusu the Commanding Officer, 118 Task Force Battalion in Borno State, who was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, in an ambush on Monday 12th December 2016 on his way to Baga,” he wrote.

“Your Excellency, if you are reading this, the name UMUSU will ring a bell as my father Brigadier General Sylvester Ugege Umusu served under you and also worked with you when you headed PTF. It is now Wednesday 14th December 2016 and as I write this letter with tears in eyes, my father, my brother’s wife Ufuoma Joe Umusu and his siblings have not been contacted by you, your office, the Chief of Defence Staff or the Chief of Army Staff to offer your condolences for our loss. My brave brother sacrificed his life and future with his family to make yours and every Nigerian’s today safe.

“In my humble opinion we deserve your acknowledgement and appreciation and as a former army officer I know you appreciate the sacrifice involved in serving your country and it saddens me that in over 24 hours after the passing of my brother a call has not been made to my family. I do not under any circumstances believe this is too much to ask; for the fallen heroes of our beloved country Nigeria.

“My family has served Nigeria in her armed forces and continues to do so; we have paid the greatest price for that service: the very young life of my beloved brother Lieutenant Colonel Otobrise Umusu who was killed in action. As his family we have lots of questions to ask surrounding his death:

“When will an investigation be carried out? Will there be an investigation? My brother bled out, why did his team not have the right equipment for such eventuality? What lessons can be learnt from this?

“What is being done to stop funding to Boko Haram? Every weapon, vehicle purchase or general equipment purchase by Boko Haram must leave a paper trail. Can the expert forensic accounting skills used by the EFCC not be employed to disrupt their operations?

“Your Excellency, you may deem this letter as disrespectful and not the right procedure in dealing with this matter but I am all but a Nigerian citizen that is grieving the loss of his beloved brother and in my humble opinion we deserve to know the who, what and why that happened to our brother on that terrible day and as his Command in Chief you are ultimately responsible for reaching out to all the families of our fallen heroes to assure them their loved ones did not die in vain.”

https://www.thecable.ng/why-did-he-bleed-to-death-brother-of-lt-col-killed-by-boko-haram-writes-buhari

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by ademasta(m): 9:35pm On Dec 14, 2016
Hmmm
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by dapsin999(m): 9:36pm On Dec 14, 2016
Nigeria! Nigeria!!! Nigeria!!! How many times did I call you, Which way
It's so unfortunate and reading this piece word for word bring this question to mind, will this country ever be a better place to live in?
Thought our forefathers, parents, generations before us paid the ultimate sacrifice one way or the other to make this nation the place of our dream. Unfortunately, it's not so and not even looking so.
No light, no roads, no water, no food, no money, unemployment everywhere, salaries not paid, health facilities zero, insecurity everywhere, MMM take over! Chai
May God miraculously heal our land!!!

. . . Sad!

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by balanceofterror1(m): 9:36pm On Dec 14, 2016
The six months I faced this BH in Sambisa I died 1000 times. The weapons this guys dey carry dey dwarf ours. make I stop here.

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by OZAOEKPE(f): 9:37pm On Dec 14, 2016
He died in VAIN cry

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by ojun50(m): 9:40pm On Dec 14, 2016
They all return for xmas oh nd new oh, some family hv nt seen there children for a year plus
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by Michaeljoshua(m): 9:41pm On Dec 14, 2016
Really sad... many questions that need answers, but yet another question
Do we have a government that cares about its citizens?
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by Atiku2019: 9:46pm On Dec 14, 2016
cry
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by Atiku2019: 9:46pm On Dec 14, 2016
my father, my brother’s wife Ufuoma Joe Umusu and his siblings have not been contacted by you, your office, the Chief of Defence Staff or the Chief of Army Staff to offer your condolences for our loss.





NCOs (Private,Coporal,Sergent etc) cry cry

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by doctokwus: 11:06pm On Dec 14, 2016
[quote author=balanceofterror1 post=51935250 The weapons this guys dey carry dey dwarf ours. make I stop here. [/quote]
Bloody liar.The highest grade of weapon they carry is AK47 and IEDs.Thats what even ISIS uses.That u dont know that d AK47 remains d weapon of choice for insurgents and terrorists shows u are neither a military man or at best a poorly trained one.Give any terrorist a choice btw an ak47 and any other modern assault rifle,dey wud rush d former.
BH is capabilities av been highly degraded,but wen they kill even a single officer,it tends to score more and demoralizes the rank and file.
Bh stil exists as a force because of indoctrination leading to fearlessness.It has absolutely nothing to do with having more sophisticated weapons.

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by mykeljosef: 11:31pm On Dec 14, 2016
lets all blame GEJ for this

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by balanceofterror1(m): 3:56am On Dec 15, 2016
[quote author=doctokwus post=51937753][/quote]

You don't know what you're saying, if not for fighter jets, by now Nigeria would have been buried by Boko Haram. In war, strength, information, organisation, understanding, cooperation, determination, Boldness, unity, motivation etc. are great weapons and all these are lacking in NA. Do you know how many times our soldiers have ran away even to the neighboring countries when confronted by BH due to BH's superior weapons?. When I say their weapons dwarf ours, you should ask me what I mean. Do you know that on many occasions NA AK47 don't respond in action when triggered b'cos it's either warn out or outdated. Pls try to reason well OK.

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by BoleynDynaSTY(f): 4:09am On Dec 15, 2016
RIP to your brother. This government don't care about anyone but themselves. Very useless set of people.

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by Nobody: 12:45pm On Dec 15, 2016
Which way nw, smh.
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by Annalise(f): 12:45pm On Dec 15, 2016
balanceofterror1:
The six months I faced this BH in Sambisa I died 1000 times. The weapons this guys dey carry dey dwarf ours. make I stop here.
For real? You're a soldier?
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by three: 12:46pm On Dec 15, 2016
It is highly irresponsible and disrespectful to claim that BH are 'Technically Defeated' when our soldiers are dying on the battlefield daily!

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by tempest01(m): 12:46pm On Dec 15, 2016
[quote author=doctokwus post=51937753][/quote]

Imagine...Someone is giving supposedly first hand experience, and you call him a liar with no good justification. don't you see AA guns and SMgs recovered from BHT's?

don't you see the superior weapons they wield in released videos?

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by iambabaG: 12:46pm On Dec 15, 2016
RIP galant man
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by Nobody: 12:49pm On Dec 15, 2016
The way Nigeria treats its heroes such as Amusu and the Falcons is sad while celebrating mediocrity such as reps and senators rushing to shake Buhari (Who Buhari don epp sef)
and Zahra's society wedding (who Zahra don epp if no be her papa and the Indimis)
just shows how warped our priorities are

until we stop celebrating names and wealth and start eulogizing excellence, we will still be on Nairaland another one hundred years lamenting and going round in circles

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by soldierdollar(m): 12:49pm On Dec 15, 2016
A paper protest just like the Falcons
A bewitched country herein we live
Where mediocrity is celebrated
And Heroism mocked

Tufiakwa ,Tufiakwa to the leaders
Where is the hope of ordinary man
Where the fate of heroes are cast to the Bin
Tufiakwa to a country groomed by opportunists

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by Nobody: 12:49pm On Dec 15, 2016
iambabaG:
RIP galant man
he was wasted, just like millions of Nigerians, nothing gallant about that..

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by nextprince: 12:50pm On Dec 15, 2016
I feel ur pain. May God Almighty grant u(s) the strength to bear this national loss.
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by AZeD1(m): 12:53pm On Dec 15, 2016
I understand the guys and the family's pain, but expecting the President or even the chief of army staff to call the family is unreasonable.
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by KealDrogo: 12:53pm On Dec 15, 2016
sad when joining the military your family should know they don't own you anymore. You have now became the government property fully under their control, and have have signed up for death at anytime. That's the work description of the military world wide. I think Nigerian youths very eager to join the army should know this. Enough of all these emotions and crying. You sign up for it so deal with it.
God bless us all.

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by seunny4lif(m): 12:59pm On Dec 15, 2016
That's Nigeria for you
Anyone that killed himself for Nigeria, is on long thing sad sad
Our leaders are just useless that all angry angry

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by yinkslinks(m): 1:03pm On Dec 15, 2016
Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by Mujaheeeden: 1:07pm On Dec 15, 2016
[quote author=doctokwus post=51937753][/quote] shut up. Someone who has been there is talking from experience and you are busy saying trash

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by room089: 1:09pm On Dec 15, 2016
balanceofterror1:
The six months I faced this BH in Sambisa I died 1000 times. The weapons this guys dey carry dey dwarf ours. make I stop here.


Una dey try! May God continue to protect you all.
But uncle terror I still dey wonder how those deadly weapons dey take dey fly reacch Boko Haram?
Custom and co that intercepts contra-ban can't they beef up security at the border points?

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by berrystunn(m): 1:14pm On Dec 15, 2016
mykeljosef:
lets all blame GEJ for this

blame Smoke

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by nwaanambra1(m): 1:18pm On Dec 15, 2016
balanceofterror1:
The six months I faced this BH in Sambisa I died 1000 times. The weapons this guys dey carry dey dwarf ours. make I stop here.


bros abeg suspend that talk!


which weapon do they have tht is more than AK47?

do they have amoured tanks? No!

Do they have anti-aircraft gun? No!

Do they have aircraft? No!

do they have Naval Vessels? No!

Do they have nuclear weapons? No!


Boko haram fights with only AK47, RPGs and hunting guns which you guys always show us the pics when ever you capture them (unless of course if there are some of their weapons you guys are not showing us!).

THE THING IS, OUR ARMY NEED TO BE OVERHAULED - ITS FILLED WITH MAJORITY COWARDS that got into the army thru man-know-man while the real guys that seriously desire to serve in the army are rejected bc they knows no col or captain or general! THE ARMY FLEX THEIR MUSCLES ONLY ON ARM-LESS CIVILIANS! LETS ALL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY WEAPONS AND THEN WE WILL SEE IF THE NIGERIAN ARMY CAN HAVE THE NERVE TO HARASS ANYBODY!

I MEAN HOW CAN YOU TELL ME THAT THE ARMY WITH ALL THEIR WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT OF WAR IS BEING DEALT WITH DAILY BY SOME RAG-TAG RELIGIOUS FANATICS TO THE EXTENT OF KILLING TOP MILITARY PERSONNELS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN TRAINED ABROAD IN THE ART OF WARFARE!

Kindly spear us this your coward excuse! NA ONLY CIVILIANS UNA SABI TORTURE TO DEATH! BLOODY COWARDS!angry

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Re: Brother Of Lt. Col. Umusu Killed By Boko Haram Writes Buhari by idris4r83(m): 1:18pm On Dec 15, 2016
Nigeria is not worth dying for

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