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Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by seunlly(m): 1:22pm On Dec 16, 2016

There is a complete breakdown of order and discipline at the 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army with soldiers deployed to rout Boko Haram from the dreaded Sambisa Forest in Borno State turning against their officers and firing gunshots in all directions.

People familiar with the matter said the troops complained of mistreatment and then began to shoot indiscriminately, threatening to kill any officer who stands on their way.

“The brigade is based in Bama but is currently deployed at Bula Bello in Sambisa for Operation Rescue Final,” a military insider told PREMIUM TIMES.

“But suddenly soldiers started mutinying at 6AM today, firing in all directions and threatening to pull out of the operation.

“As some of them fire gunshots, some started preparing vehicles to move out of location. They also warned officers to steer clear or they would be shot dead.
“They are saying their commanders have been treating them badly and telling them lies. As I speak to you, the firing is still going on, and there is confusion everywhere.”

The commander of the Brigade, Col AG Laka, could not immediately be reached to comment for this story.
The Nigerian Army is yet to issue a statement on the incident.

Contacted, the spokesperson for the Army, Sani Usman, a brigadier general, declined comment on the development.

There have been repeated cases of mutiny by Nigerian soldiers since the war against Boko Haram began, and the Army has tried over 100 soldiers for the offence.
The worst case occurred in May 2014 when troops of 7 Division, angered by the death of 12 of their colleagues in a Boko Haram ambush, opened fire on the vehicle of their General Officer Commanding (GOC), Major General Ahmadu Mohammed.

The soldiers were later arrested, tried and jailed.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/218127-breaking-gunshots-confusion-borno-soldiers-fighting-boko-haram-go-rampage.html

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by INTROVERT(f): 1:23pm On Dec 16, 2016

Them never pay them abi...... Am sure they have called burantashi in his dubai mansion to tell him.... grin

Sai baba

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by tempest01(m): 1:26pm On Dec 16, 2016

If this one is true, then wahala dey.

Some soldiers were dismissed for mutiny, they were encouraged by redrafting them.

If every one angry with the system in nigeria takes action, then the country will be no more.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by annayawchee: 1:27pm On Dec 16, 2016

alas the long awaited mutiny....

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by seunlly(m): 1:29pm On Dec 16, 2016

tempest01:
If this one is true, then wahala dey.

Some soldiers were dismissed for mutiny, they were encouraged by redrafting them.

If every one angry with the system in nigeria takes action, then the country will be no more.

Una wanna confirm maybe it true.
Check the link.

Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by kcnwaigbo: 1:30pm On Dec 16, 2016

annayawchee:
alas the long awaited mutiny....

I thought we were told Buhari is taking care of them better than GEJ grin

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by seunlly(m): 1:32pm On Dec 16, 2016

kcnwaigbo:

I thought we were told Buhari is taking care of them better than GEJ

I doubt that cheesy

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by APCHaram: 1:32pm On Dec 16, 2016

Propaganda don bounce.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by annayawchee: 1:34pm On Dec 16, 2016

kcnwaigbo:

I thought we were told Buhari is taking care of them better than GEJ

the rate at which the soldiers are dying nowadays is so alarming.... E no concern me sha, my papa no dey force, me uncle no dey force, my siblings no dey force....

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by tafabaloo(m): 1:35pm On Dec 16, 2016

If this is true then Nigerians should not doze off.

We may someday wake up to a coup by this disgruntled military operatives

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by APCHaram: 1:35pm On Dec 16, 2016

4 colonels were killed in just one month.

Talk less of the number of NCOs that have been KIAed.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by deji68: 1:35pm On Dec 16, 2016

Karma is a b1tch ,.... back then Lai and Apc were encouraging Mutiny, now they having a taste of it . Just sorry for the Poor masses cool

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by APCHaram: 1:36pm On Dec 16, 2016

Of late it has been somewhat of a trend for Nigerian Army personnel stationed in the NE to take to their Facebook page to post on their level of commitment to die fighting boko haram and the trending of such autistic posts obviously has been hijacked by the propaganda arm of the buhari govt. Which has made those post viral by strategically trending it all over Nigerian cyberspace.

I will remind each and every army personnel who deems it fit to go and die fighting boko haram, of the great speech given by General Patton of the US allied forces during world war 2. Patton suggested that "no poor bastard ever helped his fatherland by dying in a war. Rather it is that bastard who kills the other enemy bastard that ensures victory for his Homeland ".

Boko Haram has no problem dying in their lunatic Islamic quest. It thus boils down to you to dispatch them to their Islamic harem as efficiently and effectively possible.

The "dying for your fatherland" meme is being used by this evil apc govt to make every dead soldier in the war front a martyr similar to a dead boko jihadist while it ought to be seen as an embarrassment and testament to a great failure of those in charge of the war effort.

Do not let your lives become a propaganda meme at the disposal of lair mohammed.
https://www.nairaland.com/3522292/see-another-useless-social-media

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by three: 1:38pm On Dec 16, 2016

Boko Haram Has been 'Technically Defeated'

...and here was I thinking it was GEJ that politicised this

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by APCHaram: 1:39pm On Dec 16, 2016

Buhari should draft liar Mohammed to Borno to address the soldiers to stop the mutiny.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by deji68: 1:41pm On Dec 16, 2016

President Muhammadu Buhari has accused the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan of deliberately provoking Nigerian soldiers into mutiny by its actions and turning round to arrest and prosecute the soldiers..... i think Buhari is provoking them now cool

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by dotman4real007(m): 1:44pm On Dec 16, 2016

well I believe the senior officers are truly maltreating the junior officers, and yet send them to their deaths, and you think they won't revolt.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by kcnwaigbo: 1:44pm On Dec 16, 2016

IMAGINE THE USELESS BURUNTASHI SAYING TROOPS WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE NE NEXT YEAR.EVEN WITH THE WAY BOKO HARAM ARE KILLING SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIALS LIKE CHICKEN

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by olafum1(m): 1:53pm On Dec 16, 2016

Argh...

I've never been so disappointed than I am in PMB..
Very disappointed.. Where is the integrity, where is d savior?

undecided

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by Nobody: 2:14pm On Dec 16, 2016

Buhari promised to end this war in December 2015.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by simplyOJ(m): 2:14pm On Dec 16, 2016

Really sad. This shouldn't be happening. The worst you can
ask for in an army fighting a cause; is a disjointed force. The
boys morale should be gingered.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by Remilekun101: 2:15pm On Dec 16, 2016

Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by slimpoppa(m): 2:15pm On Dec 16, 2016

chai

Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by engrjosefz(m): 2:15pm On Dec 16, 2016

Na wa o... confusion all over d land... from MMM to NA

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by Waspy(m): 2:15pm On Dec 16, 2016

Signs and symptoms of a failed nation. God have mercy and turn situations around.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by Nobody: 2:15pm On Dec 16, 2016

Who didn't see this coming?
You put soldiers out in the war front and you keep them hungry, who does that?
Soldiers at the battle front would have to also worry about how their loved ones are surviving, who does that?
Since this administration came in, we haven't seen significant boost in combat readiness yet you want them to have good morale.
Everyday a gallant officer gets the title RIP (and I believe there are more which the authorities have covered up) , do you think these guys don't also see their death coming if they don't voice out?
It was hoped that with the coming of a former general as Head of State, the military operations would be boosted, the reverse is the case.
The COAS should knw that troop morale is not boosted just by doing push ups and jogging, and sharing ponmo and akara or giving phoney names to operations. The crocodile would only smile if the troops make it smile.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by Johnbosco77(m): 2:16pm On Dec 16, 2016

wahala deyyyy.....

Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by sanandreas(m): 2:17pm On Dec 16, 2016

It is Nigeria. Everything is possible. The soldiers are feeling the wind of change.

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by israelboy1(m): 2:17pm On Dec 16, 2016

hmm

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by idupaul: 2:18pm On Dec 16, 2016

I am beginning to think that I owe Goodluck Jonathan a personal apology because I was part of those who thought his incompetence was responsible for a lot of failure at the time but now I know the man was actually a blessing disguised as a meek man .

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Re: Gunshots As Soldiers Go On Rampage In Borno by pembisco(m): 2:18pm On Dec 16, 2016

This is to the dullarhd

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