after4:
This looks like an excuse to defend the mennaquine who promised to fight boko haram from the front line

My thoughts exactly

There will never be a video clip of how he was killed because l strongly believe it was a coup.

Before a leader or a general goes to the war front, the entire area would have been heavily occupied by his military, police etc.

Before a president can be hit on a battle field over 300 soldier including generals would have fallen.

We all know that most of the people will not want him to continue in power after 30yrs.

If you know you know.

Before opened I already know the identity of op...they are naturally like that

those days leaders go to the war front to direct the war and fight....its not bad if he leads the war after all nandem dey cause the fight, so let them join too at the war front...
as form the case of the Chadian leader, one begin two wonder what is wrong with our African leaders, at 68yrs and after rolling do almost 30yrs you still won continue..dats insane....he was not killed by any rebels, this is am case of military coup and they plant his son instead to remove any suspicion.

the west will be aware of this plot but pretend as if nothing...

To be honest ,I have never seen nairaland come this alive with intelligent conversation in many years.but here is my observation after checking idris derby's credential.

1. He is not a coward who is afraid of war.he has has always been a warrior from his youthful days and as they say old soldier never die,once a soldier always a soldier.so come what may ,the battle ground will always call him because that was where he grew up. It is like someone over 60 still going to a club for him.

2.he is a great leader who leads by example. The man is a legend. Check out all great historical leaders they still went to war after becoming emperor or king.

3. He was not afraid of dying.like how people say in nairaland "one thing must kill a man". I am sure that is his response to his advisers when they beg him not to go to war.

I will honour him for his bravery, love for his country and for knowing what he was actually doing(a qualities Nigeriahas not seen from any of our leaders in donkey years).

Although he got greedy and refused to leave power.

RIP to him and my condolence to his wife

Jerryherd:






Actually he wasn't at the forefront when he got killed, after the announcement of his victory of his 6th term, they wanted him to celebrate at the capital, but he decided to go and celebrate with his soldiers keeping the rebels away.... Unfortunately the military base got attacked and he was caught in the war with his soldiers.. and they gave a good fight



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It still point to the fact that he died due to his recklessness.
No doubt, it is commendable showing physical support and solidarity with his troops. However, he did it frequently and recklessly.

manikspears:
To be honest ,I have never seen nairaland come this alive with intelligent conversation in many years.but here is my observation after checking idris derby's credential.

1. He is not a coward who is afraid of war.he has has always been a warrior from his youthful days and as they say old soldier never die,once a soldier always a soldier.so come what may ,the battle ground will always call him because that was where he grew up. It is like someone over 60 still going to a club for him.

2.he is a great leader who leads by example. The man is a legend. Check out all great historical leaders they still went to war after becoming emperor or king.

3. He was not afraid of dying.like how people say in nairaland "one thing must kill a man". I am sure that is his response to his advisers when they beg him not to go to war.

I will honour him for his bravery, love for his country and for knowing what he was actually doing(a qualities Nigeriahas not seen from any of our leaders in donkey years).

Although he got greedy and refused to leave power.

RIP to him and my condolence to his wife

Little bravery and more carelessness.
He should know better what is at stake.
If not for the loyalty the army has for him; making his son a replacement, the country will be in chaos as we speak.

Invitationn:

Little bravery and more carelessness.
He should know better what is at stake.
If not for the loyalty the army has for him; making his son a replacement, the country will be in chaos as we speak.

I understand but a worrier will always be a warrior. It is through his bravery that he earned his followers respect and loyalty.

the man was evil.

a month before, his soldiers killed the mother, children and family members all 5 of them of one politician that was contesting against him

Govocrete:
There will never be a video clip of how he was killed because l strongly believe it was a coup.

Before a leader or a general goes to the war front, the entire area would have been heavily occupied by his military, police etc.

Before a president can be hit on a battle field over 300 soldier including generals would have fallen.

We all know that most of the people will not want him to continue in power after 30yrs.

If you know you know.

FarahAideed:


His son overthrew him? Come on man

He was overthrown by some powerful inside forces and his son was named to keep the Army loyal till they know who is who. The son will be a figurehead and if he doesn’t take charge, he will be removed or killed also. Game of thrones 101

Invitationn:

It still point to the fact that he died due to his recklessness.
No doubt, it is commendable showing physical support and solidarity with his troops. However, he did it frequently and recklessly.

if babangana zulum did that as a civillian you can call him reckless, but Idriss deby is a war veteran, a Marshal trained both locally and internationally on the art of war.. i dont think he was reckless, he did what he had to do to boast morale of the ground troops

The man killed himself, these aren’t prehistoric or biblical times where kings/rulers led armies into war

tungamaje:


A leader should not be at the front but MNK is being antagonized every time for leading his organization from London instead of leading from the front here in Nigeria. This smacks of hypocrisy

This is actually how to spot people who can easily be deceived ... by their failure to understand an analogy.

Anyway there is a difference between 1. front line and battlefield also between 2. warzone and territory.

Guess the Southern cameroons (Ambazonia) rebel leaders are in the UK/USA.

Regards.

Khd95:
stop defending mediocrity and buffonry, we don't need him to technically be at the war front, but we expected him to have kept to his words by ending the insurgency within six months like he promised, imagine GEJ they term clueless did better than the ex army general, buhari is a failure and it's a disgrace that under him, [s] Boko Haram have attacked more army formation,shot down more jets, killed more people, razed more villages, killed more soldiers, captured more military hardwares than during GEJ [/s]

Under his watch, almost 700 school children were abducted at one fell slwoop, an ex army general oo

If you don't have any sensible things left in your brain to say, why don't you just go and sleep? Boko Haram terrorists were controlling over 27 local govt areas, bombing churches and mosques on daily basis, bombing markets and motor parks and bombing key infrastructures and institutions in far away Abuja successfully. How was that better in your opinion?
There are things kids like you need to understand, we're not only dealing with Boko Haram now but also ISWAP. Terrorism can't be eradicated in Nigeria anymore but just to contain the terrorists from spreading their tentacles. It is too late to be eradicated.

Your statement that I crossed out was nothing but pure lie and propaganda from the pit hell. Did GEJ even buy functional war equipment when he was there? Did soldiers have enough bullets to fight the terrorists? You've forgotten how all other countries refused to sell ordinary bullets to them? You've forgotten FGs money that was impounded by SA govt? You've forgotten how soldiers were staging protest after protest over non payments of their allowance and poor serving conditions? How then were they able to record more success than now?
And yes, general election was pushed back for weeks because of the insurgents

A a leader at the fore front

I expect nothing less than 50 000 best trained soldeirs around him...About 5 thousand special unit securing his perimeter...About 100 suicide bombers ready totake a bullet on his behalf...

Even a gemeral in the us army,before you reach himMany would have died...

Africa and its problem...

maasoap:


If you don't have any sensible things left in your brain to say, why don't you just go and sleep? Boko Haram terrorists were controlling over 27 local govt areas, bombing churches and mosques on daily basis, bombing markets and motor parks and bombing key infrastructures and institutions in far away Abuja successfully. How was that better in your opinion?
There are things kids like you need to understand, we're not only dealing with Boko Haram now but also ISWAP. Terrorism can't be eradicated in Nigeria anymore but just to contain the terrorists from spreading their tentacles. It is too late to be eradicated.

Your statement that I crossed out was nothing but pure lie and propaganda from the pit hell. Did GEJ even buy functional war equipment when he was there? Did soldiers have enough bullets to fight the terrorists? You've forgotten how all other countries refused to sell ordinary bullets to them? You've forgotten FGs money that was impounded by SA govt? You've forgotten how soldiers were staging protest after protest over non payments of their allowance and poor serving conditions? How then were they able to record more success than now?
And yes, general election was pushed back for weeks because of the insurgents

under President Buhari, Boko haram have attacked the convoy of borno state governor more than once, that never happened under GEJ

under ur darling booboo, Boko haram had came very close to maidunguri, the state capital to launch attacks, the APC bought in 2018/19, most of them have been captured by boko haram

buhari is a failure, a collosal and monumental disgrace to the word 'general'

i can see ur president bought weapons for the Nigerian soldiers, but they ended up in the hands of the jihadists, an army captain made a video from the frontline complaining how they dont have functioning battle tanks, as the one they had broke down, the following week he was transferred from borno, go and drink cold pure water and relax, u cant defend the indefensible

Jerryherd:


if babangana zulum did that as a civillian you can call him reckless, but Idriss deby is a war veteran, a Marshal trained both locally and internationally on the art of war.. i dont think he was reckless, he did what he had to do to boast morale of the ground troops

Isn't it obvious he was reckless?
Man is dead!
Bullet and RPGs don't know who's military or who's civilians.
Like I said, it's commendable to show up occasionally, but he should be heavily protected and in a position within the formations where he'll be the last to be killed should there be an attack.

ThEGodFaThEr103:

Continue to make excuses for Buhari who promised to lead from the front but resorted to orally condemning Boko haram insurgency like those Hausa people that hawk irons and metals while shouting "Iron condemnnnnnn" at the top of their voices in Lagos streets.

Continue to push for the killing of the President. Shebi you see the way Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden are all leading from the frontline. U be mumu oo

Mmm

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Stupid attempt at absolving the lifeless vegetable that promised to lead the war against boko haram from the front!.....try harder next time...NONSENSE!

# DERBY DIED A HERO

unlike the coward at aso.

In the game of chess you protect the king. The king shouldn't be at the front line but the pawns.
If the king falls the kingdom falls. Game over. Life is like the game of chess. Follow the rules follow the codes.

noted

plaindealer:


Must his son overthrew him for it to be a silent coup? Was the son with the dad when it happened?

According to their own constitution, the speaker should be the head of government, not his son or the military, and the only instance where the military takes over, suspends the constitution and democratic rules for 18 months is when there's a coup.

If this is not a coup, the speaker should be in charge.

The son has no choice but to go along with the military arrangement.

Makes me wonder, how come there haven't even been a coup in the US what's the contributing factor and how can African leaders emulate that?

Na BMC them go don write this rubbish ...so who come deserve forefront?

Tbasicme:


Oil dey ya head. You are correct

FarahAideed:
Even though his bravery made good tales , it's very reckless and irresponsible for a president to be at the front , there is a reason the king is at the rear in chess

Ferdinandu:

Didn't you hear that it is Deby's son who is a Major General in the Army that is now Head of State. Did he plot the coup against his own father

It is very posible. It happened before

booscy:
This is Congo on repeat.

Laurent Desire Kabila was deleted by his personal body guard paving way for Josef Kabila to take over.

How can you say the commander in chief was killed and no other casualty is on record.
Before you hit the commander in chief, the whole army suppose don wipe naau

Someone who was supposed to be the most protected and his position the most garrisoned.

Na inside Job abeg.

Sharpali his son don take over.

Africa eeeee this why West keeps looking down on us.

At late sixties you still dey go form Rambo for battle front.

I think he might have died from a medical induced ailment. But they are only this type of death to shore up his image and also make way for his son!

Biodun556:
When a leader is known to be at front line of the battle, members of the opposition (or rebels) will deliberately cause problems that will escalate knowing fully well that he will be at the fore front. If they recruite 20,000 fighters; 10,000 will be assigned to face his army and other 10,000 fighters will be assigned to him alone to monitor every of his step and then terminate him.

It is a suicide mission for a president to be at the front line and a bonus for the rebels.

Everybody loves power. Immediate family members or close associate could easily plot agains a leader like Idris Deby because he is highly vulnerable.


Idris Deby first led a battle against bokoharam he succeeded. The last one was against the rebels who knew he will repeat what he did against bokoharam and plot for him.

He got more balls than buhari. my respect to Udris