kitaatita:
The coincidence between the Baga attack, the launch of PMB campaign and the quickness of PDP release is worrisome. Just as there are insinuations that herdsmen attacks reduced after PDP selected a Fulani herdsman as its presidential candidate, there could be a correlation between the the campaign launch and Baga attack.

360degreess:
fake news everywhere

Doyin2:


This your commentary is very unfortunate..

The military had been fighting terrorists since 2009 and any attempt to politicize the issue is only a manifestation of mischief .

Some people are so daft to believe that a change of govt will automatically end insurgency,as if they are going to import fresh soldiers from outside Nigeria.

Even America has been frighting terrorists for decades without finality.

Doyin2:


This your commentary is very unfortunate..

The military had been fighting terrorists since 2009 and any attempt to politicize the issue is only a manifestation of mischief .

Some people are so daft to believe that a change of govt will automatically end insurgency,as if they are going to import fresh soldiers from outside Nigeria.

Even America has been frighting terrorists for decades without finality.

bantudra:


you too...stfu.....you should be arrested for sidin with terrorists....

AkpaMgbor:

This is the manifestation of education without wisdom and common sense..you want to use America as a yardstick? Is America battling terrorism in her land? Are any terror group holding any inch of American soil? You call people daft for wanting to try out a new person/people with a (probably) different approach to a problem? So to you wisdom is trying the same thing over and over again without result?

harrymahn:
And yet some demented fellows will still be screaming "sai baba 2019!!"
Belive me or not, i was in A'ibom. The people literally walked out on PMB while still delivering his non-audible sham of a speech.

Tenison96:
They're not militants, they are Terrorist
Hopefully Nigerians will vote wisely and not think with our stomachs.
Will the peanuts you receive during elections last you for the tenure of said politicians? If no, then...

BlacSmit:
Cc: LZAA dainformant

Buhary has given them both ammunitions and money. As well as releasing some of the finest terrorists ever captured.

If Buhary wins 2019, nigeria would be Boko haram republic. Nigeria's army would be Boko haram Python dancers.

Mark my words.

oyeb15:
Is there oil there? make them leave baga for them and consentrate on other loyal states and regions.


Borno has been a fanatic state right from time. Why waste Nigeria resources on regions that are not contributing in any way to d economy.

Terrorism thrives only in areas that accommodates terrorists.

Bridget95:
pray that you Don't get caught on the streets and forcefully conscripted to fight BH.

bantudra:


stfu...the situation was much worser under jonathan....

bantudra:


stfu...the situation was much worser under jonathan....

zombieTRACKER:
Believe Buhari Army at your peril...

It's all over the place... BBC and CNN etc Boko Haram has taken Baga

Vote out lifelessness... Today is Baga Tomorrow it might be Oshogbo

harrymahn:
And yet some demented fellows will still be screaming "sai baba 2019!!"
Belive me or not, i was in A'ibom. The people literally walked out on PMB while still delivering his non-audible sham of a speech.
Only God'll save us from the hands of that cold blooded murder of a President!

dokyOloye:
Borno will still produce millions of votes for barber.
Sai barber

AkpaMgbor:

Shut da fvck up! If you voted out Jonathan to try out a Buhari then you shouldn't begrudge others who want to vote out Buhari to try out atiku..man for man, educational background, administrative background and even physical healthwise the previous president was better than the current one...did that stop you from voting him out? How dare you call others fools for wanting another person too?

bantudra:


stfu...the situation was much worser under jonathan....

bantudra:
if we could just level the ol place with artillerie,things would be easier....

BlacSmit:
Militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group have hoisted their flag in a Nigerian town after seizing control of it, three residents have told the BBC.

Hundreds of people have fled the fishing town of Baga after the militants overran it on Wednesday night, the residents said.

The militants seized weapons from a military base, and torched a naval base on the shores of Lake Chad, they said.

The military denied Baga had fallen, saying the attack had been repelled.

But PRNigeria, an agency well-connected with the military, quoted an intelligence officer as saying that troops had made a "tactical withdrawal" from their base after coming under attack.

"The Nigerian Air Force in response to distress call quickly mobilised military aircraft and flew over 20 sorties [on] Wednesday night and throughout Thursday," it quoted the unnamed officer as saying.

A resident, who spoke to the BBC after he fled Baga, said a militant led the morning prayer on Thursday at his mosque in the town.

Other armed militants were present at the mosque, and prayed there too, the resident said.

The militants told the congregation that civilians would not be targeted and were free to leave the town, he added.

The fighters identified themselves as being members of the Islamic State's West Africa Province (Iswap), an IS affiliate which has distanced itself from Boko Haram, the main insurgent group in north-eastern Nigeria.

The militants had captured heavy armoured tanks, boats and a large cache of weapons during the raid on the military and naval bases, other residents said.


The military base was the local headquarters of the multinational task force, which includes troops from neighbouring states fighting the militants, the residents added.

Some troops fled with civilians, as the militants stormed the town, in north-eastern Borno state, on Wednesday night, the residents said.

In a statement on Thursday, Nigerian army spokesman Sani Usman confirmed the attack on the military base but said the militants had been pushed back after troops put up a "determined fight".

"Similarly, a search and rescue team has been constituted. The Nigerian Air Force component has also been mobilised and are engaging the fleeing terrorists. Unfortunately, a naval personnel was killed in action," he added.


January 2015, Boko Haram took control of the town after killing hundreds of residents and forcing thousands to flee.

Baga - and most other territory seized by the militants - was later retaken by the army.


Some analysts fear there will be an escalation of attacks by the militants in the run-up to elections next year.

President Muhammdu Buhari, who is seeking a second term, took office in 2015 with a promise to defeat the militants.

At the launch of his re-election campaign on Friday in the southern city of Uyo, he said the militants had lost much territory since he took office.

"We are going to eventually clear them out of the country," he said, without referring to the ongoing fighting in Baga.

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Islamic State-linked terrorists 'seize Nigeria's Baga town' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46705837