docadams:
Loosing lives in the battle field calls for sober reflection on the part of compatriots. The habit of dancing on the graves of our fallen heroes for political gains should stop.

The STTEP Chairman claims the service of his company was discontinued by PMB regime probably on inception. So one would wish to know the channel through which they tried to pass the said Intel. Most importantly, how where they able to gather such intel when their contract had already been terminated. Where they contracted by another party in the same theater of conflict?

According to quora on whether mercenaries are bad people? -
"You've had a drink with them as well. Never trust a mercenary. Good people or bad people are irrelevant. Mercenaries are in business."
https://www.quora

Stalwert:


Its that simple, they want to be rehired then why do we have an army

Jombom:
Where is your prove to this claim ? Are you Igbo ?

1shortblackboy:
u see the problem with this country? we are talking of a serious issue- the security of the country and the painful loss of our soldiers u are asking if someone is Igbo...…. can u imagine this one. thank God he didn't get in the gutter with u

cescky:


How old are you?

Or should I ask if you have a brain?

Which is better..save lives or save money?

The billions bugdeted for the war what happened to it...

U must be a Buhari supporter.. intelligence is not near you and him

Pidginwhisper:
You're a brainless buffoon. What has what he said got to do with him being Igbo. You guys engaging in ethic bigotry are just dimwitted idiots who feels every truthful opinions back up with actual facts being put to you has to be from a particular tribe. Is your father,son,sibling or friend of your is the Military? I guess not. I had colleagues,friends among the casualties of the last killing and I myself could be among those to be deploy to the Northeast anytime from now after being redeployed earlier this yr,Do i have any choice? No! I knew what i signed for, Do i know if I'd be alive to tell the tales tomorrow, No, as am not even sure about tmorrow But you idiots like you who can't stand a crack from a Knockout will be @ the comfort of your home typing nonsense. Idiot

iammo:
In short simple terms, buhari needs to rehire your company to help us fight boko haram?
And the best time to reiterate this point is when Nigeria just lost some of our gallant fighters?.

I hope Us army also called him for a contract hire when they lost 4,424 men in Iraq and 2,372 in Afghanistan .

Our gallant men of the Nigerian Army had held our territory safe this past few years without the capture of any territory, with their sweat and blood. They get ambushed and killed due to lack of supplies for their hardwares rather than find a way to support them and boost their morales.. We are thrashing them by supporting this jobbers

Its very clear that boko haram has turned into a billion dollars industry with many benefactors(like the arms dealers, meceneries, defense contractors and corrupt government officials) and Nigerians the sole lossers (same losers still politicising it out of sheer ignorance).

One thing is certain about northeast, they have the violence ideology, and no amount of war can change it. They were the same matersina sect of the 80s, they had another one in the 90s and now 2012 till date, this are different Generation with same ideology.

Should we continue paying meceneries for a recurrent problem, since Goodluck paid in dollars few days to 2014 election, Buhari should also pay some days to 2019 elections. When are we going to end such cycle. Who even know if the beneficiary of the war are the ones arming boko haram

iammo:


Like many problems facing Nigeria, we replace a problem with another. Fulani herdsmen are killing, we think voting out a Fulani buhari and voting in Fulani atiku would make any difference, rather than face the problem head on, through modern ranching and grazing reserves, our educational standard slowly drifted lower, instead of funding it and facing the problem we started issuing out Private university licences which inevitably poor people can't afford. Now the army had a very good run for the past few years without lossing any terretory to boko haram and we suddenly had an ambush in a border town of metele due to lack of supplies by the army due to corruption of some top men, rather than solve that, you want us to ignore that and bring in meceneries... This is the mindset that made us privatize everything the colonialist left us, and that which the regional government gave us

ibietela2:


So US LOST 4K AND 2K Soldiers in one day?

bendike:


Did you read the links attached to my earlier submission. The Jonathan administration saw that the army was not making any progress in the war with boko haram which would have made the elections unfavorable for him hence something drastic had to be done to crush the militants. The massive importation of equipment despite the odds with the addition of mercenaries who also came with their expertise and equipments ie REVA apcs and helicopters made the difference. Can you not remember that boko haram were on the run just before the elections? That they were annihilated. Are you aware that our air force officers ie pilots were not certified to fly at night? and that was one of the key difference mercenaries brought o defeat them?
See vested interests in our defense services is just too much. You have those making money and frustrating efforts, you have spies etc.

I know one day we will get serious and keep our pride in our pockets.

resurgent4oodua:


I beg to differ with your opinion. We need to develop capacity and efficiency in our armed forces to secure the nation. Outsourcing our defence needs means that we are just wasting money on the army. The real problem with our armed forces are nepotism, corruption, quota system and acute dearth of intelligence. Henceforth, we need to take corrective action to remedy the rot in our armed forces.

We can't continue wasting money on mercenaries as it is not sustainable and viable in the long run.

docadams:
Buhari’s govt ignored intelligence warnings about Boko Haram, says S’African mercenary group
November 25
2018



https://www.thecable.ng/south-african-mercenaries-buhari-ignored-intelligence-warnings

Racoon:
A Buhari that does not know will never know that he is even the president of Nigeria.

iammo:
did Nigeria also loss 4k and 2k personell in one day?

Awol1:
Why won't Buhari/Jubrin ignore the intelligence report? So long as the attack wasn't gonna be on cows.

EagleSquare1:
I am just wondering. If it is claimed that the mercenaries were able to hold out Boko Haram in the Northeast and made it possible for elections to hold there, elections held in March and GEJ's administration had until May to get the 'Dogs of War' to finish the job. How is it that territories were still comfortably in the hands of the BH guys when PMB came on board? Many LGAs were in their control and Sambisa hadn't even been touched! Our officers and men reclaimed territories and did the Sambisa job. Come on, let's give them credit! Many of them paid the supreme price. Even with SEALS, MARINES, SPECIAL FORCES and RANGERS, men who are the best of the bests, America and its allies are still grappling with the ISIS menace. Do we think the BH guys are rag-tag as GEJ classified them? It's so much easier to punch on the keyboard than to handle the gun with nowhere to run to. Let's also count the gains of our men in camo.

Stalwert:
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Eeben Barlow, STTEP chairman, said Nigerian soldiers have been reaching out for help [size=18pt]since his company’s services were terminated[/size]


we know why mercenaries should never be hired, they .make money out of other people's tragedy. They are simply pained that they lose their income.

docadams:
Recruiting mercenaries to fight a war on your own soil is one of the dumbest thing GEJ did as Machiavelli rightly wrote that a "mercenary, having no allegiance, will eventually hold the prince who employs him hostage for increasing amounts of money".

lesbiconverter:
they are the ones behind the sophisticated ambush to profit from the outcome

Adesolomon2014:


Paste the link to that video here or I don't believe it

iammo:
In short simple terms, buhari needs to rehire your company to help us fight boko haram?
And the best time to reiterate this point is when Nigeria just lost some of our gallant fighters?.

I hope Us army also called him for a contract hire when they lost 4,424 men in Iraq and 2,372 in Afghanistan .

Our gallant men of the Nigerian Army had held our territory safe this past few years without the capture of any territory, with their sweat and blood. They get ambushed and killed due to lack of supplies for their hardwares rather than find a way to support them and boost their morales.. We are thrashing them by supporting this jobbers

Its very clear that boko haram has turned into a billion dollars industry with many benefactors(like the arms dealers, meceneries, defense contractors and corrupt government officials) and Nigerians the sole lossers (same losers still politicising it out of sheer ignorance).

A mercenary would never go to the war front ill equipped, but a Nigerian soldier is expected to fight even when they are poorly equipped. So if we had engaged mercenaries probably Bokoharam would have been seriously decimated by now. But probably there are some hidden undertones that has made them stronger over the years

One thing is certain about northeast, they have the violence ideology, and no amount of war can change it. They were the same matersina sect of the 80s, they had another one in the 90s and now 2012 till date, this are different Generation with same ideology.

Should we continue paying meceneries for a recurrent problem, since Goodluck paid in dollars few days to 2014 election, Buhari should also pay some days to 2019 elections. When are we going to end such cycle. Who even know if the beneficiary of the war are the ones arming boko haram