There was a recent report that at least 30 Nigerian soldiers died in combat with Boko Haram jihadists who overran a military base in the northeast near the border with Niger, two military sources told AFP on Saturday.

They came in large numbers in trucks and carrying heavy weapons and engaged soldiers in a battle that lasted for an hour,” a military officer said.

“We lost at least 30 men,” the officer said, adding that the attack took place at around 4:00 pm.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/30-nigerian-soldiers-killed-in-boko-haram-raid/

FOREIGN MEDIA COVERAGE

Subsequently, the news was also reported on foreign media outlets such as:

Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security/islamists-in-northeast-nigeria-kill-up-to-30-soldiers-sources-idUSKCN1LH3U1?il=0

Aljazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/nigerian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-army-base-raid-180901141047508.html

Daily Mail Uk

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-6121655/30-Nigerian-soldiers-killed-Boko-Haram-raid-military-sources.html

VOA

https://www.voanews.com/a/sources-islamists-in-northeast-nigeria-kill-up-to-30-soldiers/4554322.html

PressTV

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/09/02/572930/Nigeria-Boko-Haram-Takfiri-Militants-Borno

France24

https://m.france24.com/en/20180901-30-nigerian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-raid-military-sources


MILITARY DENIAL

However, less than twenty-four hours later the military denied the report.

REPORTS emerged yesterday that at least 30 soldiers were killed during a battle with suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State.

The report carried by an international news agency, Agence France Presse, AFP, has been countered by the Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole.

The report had claimed that troops deployed in Zari town, Guzamali Local Government Area of the state, came under attack on Thursday, leading to the ugly development.

Reacting to the report in a telephone interview, spokesman for Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, while confirming the attack, denied that the Army suffered casualties.

According Colonel Nwachukwu, contrary to the report, several of the terrorists were killed by the military troops just as he said the terrorists’ equipment were captured.

Hear him: “That information is not correct. It’s true that we had an encounter with Boko Haram at a location called Zari. The Boko Haram came to attack that community, and our troops deployed few kilometres away from the location, countered the attack.

“The ground troops were supported by the Air Task Force, and several Boko Haram Terrorists were killed, and we also destroyed many of their equipment, weapons.

"On our side, I’m yet to receive casualty figure on my desk, if there was any. So, I cannot confirm that we had (any) and I think it’s very untrue for anyone to (say we had that casualty figure).”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/30-killed-soldiers-not-true-theatre-command/

WHO IS AFP?

The news agency that first reported the news is Agence France-Presse (AFP) an international news agency founded in 1835, AFP is the third largest news agency in the world, after the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse


--WHO DO WE BELIEVE?

--IF THE REPORTS WERE TRUE, WHAT IS THE NIGERIAN ARMY HIDING?

--WHY THE COVER UP?

Lifelessness everywhere. The economy lifeless, the power sector lifeless, the roads lifeless, the military/all security agencies lifeless, oga Buhari? that one is the epitome of lifelessness.

APC is a nest of unrepentant liars and Buhari is fraud.

If they didn't report in the first place, the Army would have even deny that there was an attack

The nigerian islamic army has consistently lied and the lies have been consistently busted. @ op, you are asking a rhetorical question

We have seen pictures of some of the dead soldiers and for the Army to say there was no casualty says a lot

That's NA for you, this is not the first time they lying against established fact


under this government even NA does not value the sanctity of human lives, especially those of Nigerians

I wonder how a sane human being will leave his family and friends and go fight Boko Haram....

Look at yusuf Buhari
Is he not man enough to be in the army and leading the line. ... He is busy buying luxury bikes and mansions everywhere ...

Only fools die for Nigeria

D same way d Army denied an ambush on it's soldiers sometime ago but still shamelessly held a mass burial later

The same way the army denied no lecturer from University of Maiduguri was killed by Boko Haram when they went for oil exploration in Lake Chad last year until their dead bodies appeared at the gate of Unimaid.
Nigerian Army is becoming the masters of lies.

AFP is truthful on this

Matters arising......

100% of Nigerians know which is truth..

Naija with meme, I remember those days. For u to get army form na WAHALA. and they mostly pick northerner. buh this days its easy. Which simply means millions are dying everyday. Even aboki no gree join military again. Na our people wey dey try look for their surviver now, they are the ones dying. When u check their names. U will be hearing chidoke. Laja. I beg tell ur people not to join army again ooo. Its better u join something else coz they pay them, even more than... Zombie go and die. Lets make them understand that we are not zombie. Rip to the legend fela Anikulapo ramson kuti.

aaaaahhhhh... who is the liar now

Believe APC or this lifeless government at your own peril

The Nigerian army has always been known to lie

So the report is very true

Buhari the lifeless illiiterate terrorist sponsor cow whisperer has failed tremendously

2019 will fix this

Nigerian soldiers are being sacrificed on the alter of negligence, incompetence and willful sabotage by the Buhari led administration.

A government who is willing to lie that none of her soldiers were killed when these same soldiers are being killed daily is indirectly empowering the terrorists.

Someone in buhari's government whispers to bokoharam, 'The soldiers are at that T-Junction, you guys can go and attack now. Don't worry we'will cover up and lied nothing happened."

This is how the blood of innocent people have been killed with approval from buhari.

If buhari stays beyond 2019, this country might not recover after.

It is criminal, shameful, insulting to be treated in this manner by your colleagues.
My heart bleeds for these men whose sacrified their lives for a nation that have no regard for humans.
Oh Nigerian where is your pride?

Fraudgeria Army is the father of lies.

They're doing fake python dance in Owerri, arresting unarmed Igbo women while Boko Haram is mowing down civilian and non civilian in Northern Nigeria for fun.

This same Fraudgerian Army told us that a truck Laden with weapons ran into Nnamdi Kanu's compound and that's why they killed over 200 Igbo youths in Aba and Umuahia this time last year.

Only zombies can believe Shitgeria government and Shitgeria army

Undoubtedly the Nigerian Army.... lying is their stock in trade just like their sister agency Nigerian police.

lai mooooohamid lied.

I believe the army.
If your children are not missing, and an Outsider said they are missing.
The AFP were there, but PSP told them and the jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of bia-fra terrorist digest it because Boko Haram is their fellow terrorist.

Definitely the Nigerian Army! Trying to salvage public image. AFP has got next to nothing to gain by lying.

Confusion na wa

Trust me, the number is much more.

Where in the world will 30 Soldiers of a country killed in cold blood and the President will still remain in a foreign land and not deem it fit and necessary to rush back home.This is catastrophic

Somebody lied

Always massaging truth

the no.s are far More than 30 soldiers are mercilessly killed on a daily Basis. Nigeria is at war with it self the generals and the northern politicians are all blood sucking demons. God forbid l join the Nigerian army, even work done finish for this world.

No sane person will believe any government that has characters like Lie mohammed in it.