papaejima1:
Army lying since Mungo Park

You actually expect the Army to admit that they have a rat leaking classified information to the Press?

chronique:
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...

Mr peace keeping missions are funded by the UN.
US army entered Pakistan among a thousand covert operations to get Bin laden without even the pakistanis knowing much less the americans and I must add even the men deployed ddnt know till the last minute.

PT would have to exercise restraint on covert and classified military operations. That is why it is called covert!

doctokwus:

Sometimes fools need to be put in their places.
I am ready for that idiot,anyway he wants it,I dont mind being banned.
Imagine calling Sowore a fraudster and gloating over his being harassed.The same thing PT is doing today is what SR pioneered.SR maynot be accurate all d time,but If not for the medium and his SR,this country wud av long been sold to the dogs.
I am just waiting for d nitwit to enter my mentions again with his imbecilic posts.

i actually thought i was the only one that gets really mad when i hear them castigate sowore. Nigerians will never know how much sowore sacrificed for the freedom and sanity of this country.

i really hope to see him one day just tell him a big THANK YOU.

SmartMugu:

Obviously Jammeh needs to expect other nations to rise against him. Ecowas is made up of several countries and the body is interested in him stepping down. Why Nigerian military plots is being potentially exposed is what baffles me. Senegal that is so close to Gambia must have their back up plans too, but their plots are guarded like it should be. Other countries outside Africa are also interested in Jammeh's ordeal as well, yet no media from there is sharing any military plans. Why one from Nigeria?

How did this news even get out if not that some military personnel gained some financial rewards for divulging top-secret information to the public through a media outlet? Such people need to be fished out from the military.

You've just captured all I've been wanting to say.

Well, PT has done their job. I don't expect the Army spokesperson to come out and agree. This should remain secret so that their enemy won't know their plan. Going to someone Country is a big tasks. I wondered why you people are surprised. You all heard it after America killed Osama Binladen not before.

Y lies lies all over in the armed force
people who are supposed to come with integrity
spiting lies 247




Y lies lies all over in the armed force
people who are supposed to come with integrity
spiting lies 247

nwaanambra1:


the ethics of true journalism is all about telling the truth no matter whose horse is gored!

Before ethics, there was common sense. If broadcasting a secret story which you uncovered is capable of placing people in danger, common sense supercedes all things.

ivandragon:
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/I

PM guys are pushing tins too far, nd God wld punish the idiot or mole dat leaked dis top secret information or signal out to the public, security of information must not be joked wit, infact dis really shows how unprofessional the army is in securing its vital info on troops movement nd planing, stating beef up areas, nd units where troops are drafted wit date, haba don't u know wit dis alone getting to the hands of the enemy u hv just successfully put the lives of troops in grave danger, nd can easily be victims of ambush. anyway u guys are on ur own, to me i don't give a shittt!

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 .

so because your babe lives there PT no go do their job abi

obailala:
Let's assume it is true that the military is preparing men for Gambia (I personally believe it is), do you think it is a wise or sensible thing for PT to make it public?... especially when it is clear even from your story above that the military wants it kept secret?

My brother is there anything secretive about our military?
The same military that keeps divulging their tactics to the media in the BH war, how secretive would they be for a war in which we have no primary interest?
Besides what's secretive about moving troops to Gambia when the world knows that ECOMOG already has a standby troop waiting to move in.

Premium times again!

ivandragon:
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

AFONJAS in d Nigerian Army are d cause of all these....one little piece of information and they'll start running their mouth for a bottle of Gulder...smh

doctokwus:

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.

And your sense of judgement that guided you to deliver Buhari back to Aso Rock should make you what?

Chiefpriest1:
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.

Buhari jailed two journalist, Nduka and Thompson, under Decree No. 4 for publishing a story on government appointees or something to that effect which was yet to be made public at the time. Those were the heady days of military rule.

nwabobo:


And your sense of judgement that guided you to deliver Buhari back to Aso Rock should make you what?

So u wud vote GEJ if given another chance?See u that has sense.
U betray your level of reasoning if with your supposed enlightment,GEJ or his ilk is d kind of person u wish to rule u.
May i not be cursed to be ruled by a GEJ again.

doctokwus:

So u wud vote GEJ if given another chance?See u that has sense.
U betray your level of reasoning if with your supposed enlightment,GEJ or his ilk is d kind of person u wish to rule u.
May i not be cursed to be ruled by a GEJ again.

Were they the only people who stood for election in 2015?

Abd yes, I'd vote Jonathan a hundred times over Buhari.

Just in case you don't know, dollar is now N500. Enjoy!

logica:
You actually expect the Army to admit that they have a rat leaking classified information to the Press?

whosai...?