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Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by ivandragon: 9:53pm On Jan 13, 2017
Internal Army documents seen by PREMIUM TIMES have punctured claims by the Nigerian Army that it was not gearing up to deploy troops in the Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh fails to step down when his tenure expires on January 19.


This newspaper had on Thursday exclusively reported that the Army had raised a battalion to be deployed in the troubled tiny West African country if Mr. Jammeh fails to hand over to the winner of the December 1, 2016 election, Adama Barrow.


The report indicated that personnel for the Ecowas Military Intervention Group (ECOMIG) NIBATT 1 Battalion was drawn from the Army’s 19th Battalion, based in Okitipupa, Ondo State.


But hours after the story ran, the spokesperson for the Army, Sani Usman, circulated a rebuttal, claiming the report was “false in its entirety”.


Mr. Usman, a Brigadier General, also said the report was a figment of the imagination of PREMIUM TIMES.


But documents seen by this newspaper indicate the army spokesperson’s claims are untrue and misleading.
The first document is a January 10 memo by the Army’s Directorate of Training and Operations (DATOPS) informing key formations of the impending deployment in the Gambia.


In the memo, with reference number AHQ/DATOPS/G3/250/70, the Director of Peacekeeping Operations, A.A Fayemiwo, a Brigadier General, informed the Army’s 2nd Division, 81st Division, Infantry Corps Centre, Nigerian Army Armoured Corps, 707 Special Forces Brigade and the Operations Monitoring Team of the planned deployment of 19 Battalion in The Gambia.


Mr. Fayemiwo informed the recipients of his memo that officers and men nominated for the operation were proceeding to the Nigerian Army School of Infantry with effect from January 12 for counter terrorism and counter insurgency training.


He then proceeded to request the formations and units to provide troops to beef up 19 Battalion for the operation, detailing the number of personnel each of them should contribute.


The memo was also distributed to the Office of the Chief of Army Staff, the directorates of army planning and army logistics, Operation Delta Safe, the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, 4 Brigade, 9 Brigade, 19 Battalion, 133 Special Forces Battalion and 174 Battalion.


In another memo, also dated January 10, Mr. Fayemiwo requested the leadership of formations contributing troops for the operation to forward their lists of nominated personnel to his office not later than January 12.


He also informed the General Officer Commanding, 2 Division, to prepare to fill the vacuum to be created by the withdrawal of some personnel of 19 Battalion from Operation Delta Safe.


In yet another document, Mr. Fayemiwo gave a detailed breakdown of the personnel requirement for the proposed Nigerian first battalion in ECOMIG.


“PREMIUM TIMES is reluctant to publish every detail in the documents at this time,” Managing Editor, Idris Akinbajo said. “But we might be compelled to do so if the Army continues to claim that our story is false.”
The regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), had on December 23, 2016 put standby military forces on alert.



The ECOWAS Commission President, Marcel de Souza, said Senegal, The Gambia’s only territorial neighbour, would lead any military operation in the country.
Other West African countries will be mandated to provide troops as well, Mr. De Souza reportedly said.
Mr. Jammeh lost the December 1 2016 Gambia presidential election to opposition candidate, Mr. Barrow.


He initially accepted defeat and congratulated Mr. Barrow but changed his mind and decided to challenge the outcome of the election.
He also vowed not to hand over to the winner as expected on January 19.


On Thursday, Mr. Jammeh said he would not step down before a Supreme Court decision on the disputed election, the BBC reported.


The President, the report said, insisted his cabinet and the National Assembly would remain in place until the Supreme Court rules on his party’s petition.
There is currently shortage of judges in the country to sit on the matter.


The case can only be heard in May if Nigeria agrees to supply judges to the Supreme Court.
West African leaders, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, the chief mediator, travelled to Gambia Friday to persuade Mr. Jammeh to accept an “honourable exit plan”.


The outcome of that meeting is unknown at this time.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/220387-documents-counter-nigerian-army-denial-planned-deployment-troops-gambia.html

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by dunkem21(m): 10:05pm On Jan 13, 2017


“PREMIUM TIMES is reluctant to publish every detail in the documents at this time,” Managing Editor, Idris Akinbajo said. “But we might be compelled to do so if the Army continues to claim that our story is false.”
The regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), had on December 23, 2016 put standby military forces on alert.

If PM is reluctant to publish, it is only wise to refrain from comment lipsrsealed

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by papaejima1: 10:24pm On Jan 13, 2017
Army lying since Mungo Park

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Mujaheeeden: 10:48pm On Jan 13, 2017
While Sowore of SR is busy looking for bribr from Fatodu. Premium Times is taking investigative journalism to new heights.



Sowore the Fraudster Hope you see ur life

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by highpriest4: 11:03pm On Jan 13, 2017
army una turn. Make somebody carry the microphone give sani son of usman make he tell us more lies. Yeye

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Atiku2019: 11:05pm On Jan 13, 2017
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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by doctokwus: 11:06pm On Jan 13, 2017
Mujaheeeden:
While Sowore of SR is busy looking for bribr from Fatodu. Premium Times is taking investigative journalism to new heights.



Sowore the Fraudster Hope you see ur life
When Sowore's SR singlehandedly spearheaded the media onslaught that transformed a fisherman from his fulltime newspaper reading job under the office of the VP,to become president,your likes was still learning how to use the internet.Now that u av learnt,u abuse it by casting aspersions on a medium that paved the way for the likes of PT and TheCable to thrive.
Before you continue your poorly educated rants,go check out how many investigative reports and exclusives SR has published,compared to PT.
You people just come online to insult people anydirection ur brains point.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Nobody: 11:13pm On Jan 13, 2017
The Nigerian Army is a useless institution with zero integrity. This is Y a rag-tag militia like Boko Haram has been whipping their filthy hairy asses since 2005 - Awon Oloshiii.

Kudos to Premium Times!

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Mujaheeeden: 11:13pm On Jan 13, 2017
doctokwus:

When Sowore's SR singlehandedly spearheaded the media onslaught that transformed a fisherman from his fulltime newspaper reading job under the office of the VP,to become president,your likes was still learning how to use the internet.Now that u av learnt,u abuse it by casting aspersions on a medium that paved the way for the likes of PT and TheCable to thrive.
Before you continue your poorly educated rants,go check out how many investigative reports and exclusives SR has published,compared to PT.
You people just come online to insult people anydirection ur brains point.
When i started reading news on SR you were still jumping fence to enter your secondary school.


Just keep quiet before you sound more hollow than this

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by idupaul: 11:51pm On Jan 13, 2017
Please what Premium times concern in this matter ? Are they aware that this thier publication could put the lives of Nigerians living in Gambia and our Armed forces in danger .

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by doctokwus: 12:30am On Jan 14, 2017
Mujaheeeden:
When i started reading news on SR you were still jumping fence to enter your secondary school.


Just keep quiet before you sound more hollow than this
Your old age does not correlate with wisdom because u av clearly wasted the years retrogressing in thought,ideas and output,while the likes of SR and Sowore have progressed to become formidable bastions in the devpt of the Nigerian state.
I am not really surprised about your regression for someone that celebrates a childish plot to tame Sowore cum SR.Which sane or mature mind wud gloat over such a plan.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by tit(f): 12:37am On Jan 14, 2017
Lie Buhari strikes again

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Nobody: 12:45am On Jan 14, 2017
They want to send our troops to fight the Gambian army when the allowances of troops fighting bokoharam have been shortchange by their ogas.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Nobody: 12:52am On Jan 14, 2017
idupaul:
Please what Premium times concern in this matter ? Are they aware that this thier publication could put the lives of Nigerians living in Gambia and our Armed forces in danger .
Wetin dem dey do there?

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by idupaul: 1:23am On Jan 14, 2017
Love Machine:
Wetin dem dey do there?

They work in the Judiciary there and others do business..most of the Judges in Gambia including the Chief Justice are Nigerians

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Chiefpriest1(m): 7:04am On Jan 14, 2017
Premium Times should calm down. These are purely security issues.

You think it's everything the CNN, BBC, Reuters find about the British and American army that they publish.

How is reporting that Nigeria is surreptitiously preparing to send troops to Gambia an emergency that will affect the public good.

Not taking anything away from Premium Times. Those guys are good.

By the way, why Sowore matter dey sweet some people like this. He collect una wife? He might not be a saint , but that guy has done a lot for Nigeria.

The fear of Sahara remains the beginning of wisdom for our politicians.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Icecomrade: 7:15am On Jan 14, 2017

We are not surprised nah.

Ask Buhari, he will deny it too.
Ask Garba Shehu he will tell you, Nigerian is too busy with reviving the economy to enquire of any
political issue in Gambia



Ask Lai Muhammed, he will will tell you no election was held in Gambia.


This lying government and lying agencies.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Onukube1(f): 7:17am On Jan 14, 2017
Watching in 3d

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by rozayx5(m): 7:17am On Jan 14, 2017
nice one PT

the Nigerian Army is a scam

from their non existent chibok girls o the cover up of daily massacres in Kaduna and the North

they need to be exposed

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by onatisi(m): 7:18am On Jan 14, 2017
If pm news is correct,then their editor should be arrested. And they should be made to explain how they came about sensitive security documents

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Nobody: 7:18am On Jan 14, 2017
doctokwus:

When Sowore's SR singlehandedly spearheaded the media onslaught that transformed a fisherman from his fulltime newspaper reading job under the office of the VP,to become president,your likes was still learning how to use the internet.Now that u av learnt,u abuse it by casting aspersions on a medium that paved the way for the likes of PT and TheCable to thrive.
Before you continue your poorly educated rants,go check out how many investigative reports and exclusives SR has published,compared to PT.
You people just come online to insult people anydirection ur brains point.
Hush up, it's too early for this rant

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by SmartMugu: 7:21am On Jan 14, 2017
If this story is true, must military affairs be made public? Online and in newspapers? Arent certain things best kept secret?
Did the US media announce US plots on Sadam Hussein, Gaddafi, Bin Laden etc? Why give away Nigerian military plans to everyone on earth for free or some cheap journalism points?

On the other hand, if the story is untrue, why potentially spark up enmity between Gambia/it's allies and Nigeria? Why not consider Nigerians living in Gambia and what this sort of journalism could do to their safety and livelihood? Why not consider Nigeria's relationship with Gambia as two west African states? Why only focus on your personal gains without any regard for everyone else?

What is the objective behind this publication? Obviously the audience here probably don't need the info except probably share national secrets that should be guarded with the wrong audience which can spark up other unexpected events.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by AntiWailer: 7:21am On Jan 14, 2017
No need for all these.

You will scuttle the peace process in an attempt to sell your papers.

When everything goes out of hand, the blood that would follow this will be on your heads.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Allwility: 7:22am On Jan 14, 2017
Premium Times should goan sit down!!!! I'm all for freedom of speech but freedom without restraint is madness. In the US, CNN and other top media houses with the height of their investigative journalism don't leak impending military deployment on social media. Only wikileak does stuffs like this. The NA should give PT the wikileak treatment.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by googlepikins: 7:23am On Jan 14, 2017
Buhari have destroyed Nigeria, every day lies

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by NNVanguard(m): 7:24am On Jan 14, 2017
Professionalism has been replaced with lies in our military system.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by oweman: 7:24am On Jan 14, 2017
ENEMIS OF THE NATION AT WORK .
Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by shammah1(m): 7:26am On Jan 14, 2017
Nawa o
Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Nobody: 7:27am On Jan 14, 2017
Anyone who is surprised at this is a learner in naija politics. That's why you should always read between the lines in whatever info emanates from the government. Even if your father becomes a government official tomorrow, take whatever he tells you with a pinch of salt.
I knew something was up when during a trip within the week, a woman traveling with her only child was making a call and she was like :"we're going to stay with my mother cos my husband is going for peacekeeping in liberia. "
I smiled, Liberia indeed. Implication is that even the rank and file may not know where they're headed, they may be told Liberia (at least that's one country our military has been heavily involved with) but they would simply be flown to Gambia.
Bottom line : Never trust the government.

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Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by Saheed9: 7:27am On Jan 14, 2017
these guys really mean business with the Nigerian Army.
Re: Documents Counter Nigerian Army Denial Of Planned Deployment Of Troops In Gambia by chronique(m): 7:32am On Jan 14, 2017
Here we go again. Some people are asking why premium times had to publish the report; I hope you all understand that tax payers money would be used in funding this operation and at a time when our economy is in a comatose state, this is the least we need. Secondly, you can't guarantee the time it would take to get Jammeh out and if it lingers on, it would become a drain on our meagre funds which isn't available for development. We can't go borrowing for funds to beef up the budget and still spend from that funds to go fund military operations outside our shores. The US can't deploy troops outside its borders secretly without the Americans knowing...

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