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THE GOC 2 DIVISION NIGERIAN ARMY VISITS 19 BATTALION ( REAR), NAQOURA BARRACKS, OKITIPUPA, HIS ROYAL MAJESTY OBA MICHAEL OBATUGA ADETOYE OF IDEPE-OKITIPUPA, AND THE NIGERIAN NAVY FORWARD OPERATING BASE, IGBOKODA, ONDO STATE.

The General Officer Commanding 2 Division Nigerian Army Maj Gen Anthony Bamidele Omozoje paid maiden visit to 19 Battalion (Rear) Naqoura Barracks,Okitipupa. He was received and briefed by the Commanding Officer 19Bn( R), Maj YM Kachallah. The Commanding Officer acquitted the General Officer Commanding on activities, achievements and challenges of the Unit.

The GOC toured the barracks facilities. During the tour the General Officer Commanding 2 Division Nigerian Army noted that laboratory facilities at the Medical Regimental Station
(MRS) could be upgraded. He also advised that dental and eye clinics be provided.

The GOC advised that some Troops Lifting Vehicles at the Motor Transport Yard be repaired, to improve troops lifting capacity.
The General Officer Commanding also paid courtesy call on His Royal Majesty, Oba Michael Obatuga Adetoye, The Jegun and Paramount Ruler of Idepe-Okitipupa Kingdom. His Royal Majesty received the GOC in his palace together with the chiefs of Idepe-Okitipupa Kingdom.

The Royal father in a statement commended the prompt response of Officers and men of 19 Bn in times of emergency. His Royal Majesty prayed for the GOC and members of his entourage and requested the number of slots given to the indigenes of Okitipupa in recruitment exercises be increase.

The GOC in his response conveyed the goodwill message of the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai to His Royal Majesty. The council of chiefs prayed for the GOC.
The General Officer Commanding 2 Division Nigerian Army Maj Gen Anthony Bamidele Omozoje also toured the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base and was received by the Commander, Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) Igbokoda, Capt (NN) DM Ndanusa. The GOC toured the facilities in the base.

Hassan Ifijeh Mohammed
Colonel
Deputy Director Army Public Relations
2 Division Nigerian Army
16 August 2019.

EVarn:
What then would the regulars fight with?... special forces cannot cover ground.

Maybe if we invested in the right equipments,we wouldn't be losing the ones we have.

God bless you man......

Young NAF pilots

AFRICA UNITE for A common purpose.....


Credit...@alex

At the commissioning of a NAF hospital in Daura yesterday, look at what the CAS gifted mr President

Additional Sambisa camp pics. The group began uniforming-up at this time. Nasheeds were about being imprisoned, Shekau, martyrdom, and being Soldiers of God. Bulls-eys read "Kansas" and "Obama". 2013 represented major turning pt & by 2014 some territory was even conquered.

*Flashback* to late 2009 when BH first traveled to Mali to train w AQIM (desert pics). By 2013 (forested pics) BH organized its own Sambisa camps, no longer needing travel abroad (plus Shekau fell out of AQIM). These were steps to becoming the "pro" non-state army it is today.

Observation of ISWAP photostreams suggests more than ever before in "Boko Haram history", ISWAP is a non-state military. If estimates r right that it has *40* 100-fighter brigades like in photos/vids, beyond ideology & structural factors, major combat is gonna be needed 2 defeat them.

Egyptian air force military transportation fleet ��

• Strategic airlifters:

2x II-76MF IIyushin (Ex: RJAF)

• Medium Tactical airlifters:

25x C-130H/H30/ELIENT Hercules

2x New C-130J

• light Tactical airlifters:

24x C-295 CASA

3x AN-74T-200A

8x DHC-5 Buffalo.

Egyptian air force SU-AVA 1252 Antonov AN-12BP airlifter in Netherlands July 18, 1974 .

Egyptian Air Force Alpha jet light attack jet equipped with an AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missile during Paris air show 1987.

JUSTIN:Somalia's US trained military troops known as "Danab" attacked on Alshabab stronghold town of #Torotorow,lower Shabelle region on Thursday.The military soldiers reportedly seized Torotorow where al shabaab have been planning their attacks & activities in southern Somalia.

2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Soldiers trained Senegalese Army Forces Cadre on medical and Advanced Infantry Training tactics in Thies, Senegal to increase interoperability and enhance regional stability and security for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

Taking advantage of every unplanned training opportunity, the team’s medical personnel finished a 10-day training event with the Senegalese focused on Combat Life Saver-related skills.

At the conclusion of training, the Senegalese medics will instruct a CLS class to their unit.

2nd Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE" U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Army U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)

27 LAWS OF MILITARY CAREER

1. Your rifle and your ammo are more important than your life. Better be dead than lose them.

2. You can never be the winner in any argument with your superior. Even when you have won.

3. Every commander needs your advice but not in public.

4. If there is a competition, don't come first, and don't come last.

5. Your soldiers are the backbone of your work. Treat them well.

6. If you offend a higher authority, carry your cross.

7. If your soldier offends a higher authority, carry his cross.

8. Remember that the smartest and most intelligent officers often do not get to the top. Only the most loyal ones do.

9. Don't be deceived. Many commanders do not like eye service.

10. Never "contest" a woman with your superior. It is the fastest way to die and many have gone that way.

11. The wife of your superior is either a goldmine or a landmine. If you are not sure of which she is, avoid her.

12. Be brave. Even if you are a coward.

13. If your superior admires your girlfriend, surrender her. If he admires your wife, stand by her. A girlfriend is an accolade. An accolade can be lost without dire consequences. Your wife is your crown. You are nothing without her.

14. Don't ever beg for mercy. It is the foremost manifestation of weakness and the military environment has no respect for weaklings.

15. Don't ever solicit for "welfare". If you are "issued", be very thankful.

16. Don't look for your seniors. Let them look for you. If they look for you, don't keep them waiting.

17. If you don't like a colleague, let him know you don't like him. If he takes steps to warm up to you, don't embrace him. Accommodate him.

18. A lie is an abomination - and a critical part of initiative.

19. If you are lucky to have stumbled on "mega" money, maintain your old lifestyle. If you can't maintain your old lifestyle, maintain a low profile. Camouflage and concealment are not only for the warfront. "Shine" is one reason things are seen.

20. Remember that drinking, smoking and womanizing are prominent features of the job yet, no medals are allocated for them.

21. Don't look too smart before your superiors. Instead, look stupid before them. People are generally comfortable with stupid people whom they can easily control.

22. Wait for your time.

23. Know that the enemy's degree of training is dependent on yours. If he is well trained, then, you are poorly trained. If he is poorly trained, you are well trained.

24. You are a soldier. Not a priest.

25. If you are tired of the job, resign.

26. Never reject a gift from a superior except in protest of a salient point. It is the greatest indirect show of disloyalty.

27. Be everywhere. Every time.

*You may wish to adopt any/all of the foregoing*

#COIN
#NA E.O.D PERSONNEL

Corporal Edwin Wekoba boldly holds high the East African Community flag ushering in the 12th East African Military Games and Cultural Event at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani.Despite losing his legs while serving Kenya in Somalia,he is still strong in service within KDF.

EVarn:
Yeah, half loaf is better than none.

Proforce should also help themselves by scouting for a patron in the Senate and MoD. Lobby the senate committee on defense, public procurement, and so on; give them "kolanut", furnish them with civilian variant armoured vehicles out of "deep concern for the security of distinguished senators"...these things help.

A more capitalist approach.

Dude you will make a good politician.

Fynline:
ARA

PRESS RELEASE

NIGERIAN ARMY INDUCTS NEWLY ACQUIRED MINE RESISTANT ANTI AMBUSH- PROTECTED VEHICLES

The Nigerian Army has inducted and operationalised four newly acquired Mine Resistant Anti Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) in the North East theatre of operation to enhance fire power and protection of troops fighting Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorists.

Recall that the Nigerian Army in partnership with Proforce Nigeria Limited, - an indigenous Armour Vehicle Manufacturing Company based in Ode-Remo in Ogun State had delivered the first ever Nigerian Army - Proforce locally manufactured MRAPs, four of which were inaugurated on August 1, 2019 by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja.

Speaking at the event, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai represented by the Chief of Training and Operations (Army) Maj Gen EO Udoh said the induction of the MRAPs would boost the operational capability and protection of the troops to decisively prosecute the ongoing counter insurgency operations.

He reminded the troops that equipment alone without strong will and determination by men cannot win wars, he therefore charged them to remain resolute in the discharge of their duties and strengthen their commitment to end the war against terrorism soon

While appreciating the efforts of the Special Forces in the fight against terrorism, especially the recapture of Baga by the Special Forces, he assured them of Nigerian Army's continued support to specialised training as well as improved welfare to enhance the effectiveness of the Special Forces.

Earlier, the Commander Nigerian Army Special Forces Command, Maj. Gen. Mhounday Gadzama Ali, said the provision of the MRAPs and other equipment by the COAS will spur the Command in their dogged struggles to wipe out the remnants of Boko Haram and ISWAP Terrorists soon.

As part of the concern the leadership of the Army has for the troops, the representative of the COAS delivered the COAS goodwill message and had lunch with the troops after inspecting an ongoing renovation work in the camp.

SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Acting Director Army Public Relations
13 August 2019

rka2:
ARAII inducted on the frontlines.

Nice picture

CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF CELEBRATES SALLAH WITH RECUPERATING TROOPS

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has celebrated this years Eid El Kabir with recuperating troops at the 7 Division Medical Centre and Hospital Services, Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri.

Represented by Chief of Training and Opertaions(Army) Maj Gen EO Udoh, the COAS said the Nigerian Army had lived up to expectations and remains ahead of the threats bedeviling the country despite some daunting challenges.

He added that the Eid El Kabir festival reminds the officers and soldiers of the significance of loyalty, obedience and sacrifice, even as it provides a unique opportunity for the personnel to reflect and redouble their efforts towards fulfilling their roles and justifying the confidence reposed in them by Nigerians.

He commended the sacrifices of troops in the ongoing operations across the country as they discharge their statutory responsibilities satisfactorily, adding that their dedication to duty had ensured that the Nigerian Army remains the bastion of the country’s unity.

Finally, the COAS paid tribute to troops that had paid the supreme price in various operations across the country, and assured that the Nigerian Army would continue to meet its obligations to their families to ensure that the void left by their loved ones is not felt.

13 August 2019

#DUTY CALLS

#NPF

S3BViking:
Why do you always oppose me in anything I do. You used to be my ally, now you've joined the Henry/Odunayo gang. What is wrong with you guys?

Who's your Fucken ally, all you do is to derail the thread with your trolls. Talking about cerebral discussion; mention one that you've ever contributed man.... if you don't like the thread piss-off and go create one.
Am nobodies ally and enemy to no one.

Taraba killings: Panel Arrests 5 Soldiers, 2 Policemen



Two policemen working at Ibi Police Division were said to have been arrested by the panel investigating the killing of three policemen and a civilian on August 6 at a checkpoint.

Daily Trust reports that the two policemen were arrested for allegedly leaking information to suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume, of plans to arrest him.

The arrested policemen have been taken to Abuja.

The panel, it was gathered, had also ordered the arrest of five soldiers, who were on duty at an army checkpoint.

Daily Trust further reported that two army checkpoints between the boundary of Wukari and Ibi local government areas have been dismantled.

It was also learnt that the corpses of three policemen and the civilian were moved from Jalingo to Abuja.

Read more"; "; http://saharareporters.com/2019/08/13/taraba-killings-panel-arrests-5-soldiers-2-policemen

Toju200:
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has successfully destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHT) Command and Control Centre in Dusula, on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.

The ATF successfully carried out the operation through Operation GREEN SWEEP III which aimed to target some identified terrorists’ positions in the State.

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Friday, NAN reports.

Daramola said this was sequel to a renewed offensive aimed at further eliminating remnants of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province Terrorists (BHT/ISWAP) in the North-East of Nigeria,

”The operation was executed after series of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions led to the identification of the Command Centre with its solar panels, communications equipment and other facilities.

”The three Alpha Jets dispatched by the ATF engaged the location in multiple passes, recording accurate hits on the target area.

“The structures housing the Command Centre were completely destroyed by the strikes while several of the terrorists were neutralised.

”The few surviving terrorists, who were seen attempting to flee the area, were taken out by follow on attacks,” he said.

Daramola further disclosed that the NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, would sustain its operations against terrorists in the North-East.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1djSubMxHdI

ugo4u:
Nigeria matter tire person wallahi!!!!
I keep saying it, the NA should work on the professionalism of their officers. What i deduce from all this brouhaha is that kidnapper is highly connected else how can Sagir explain how the kidnapper escaped with handcuff. You allegedly rescued a kidnap victim and just let him loose like that without debriefing and following laid down procedures. We are not fools mana!!!!!
is this how we want to defeat bandits and in extension Bokoharam? Take it or leave it some kidnappers are working with some army personnel in all this web of the kidnapping "business".

I like that key word; Professionalism.

lionel4power:
In a country when the Army and Police are always in a gun duel.


The day i watch in full glare Nigerian Army officers and police personnel shooting each other like its a civil war in Aba...

That day i did this for Nigeria case.

Dude the picture gave me mixed feelings..

#COIN

EVarn:
Very regrettable indeed. There should be a joint statement between the police and the army to explain what actually happened.

PRESS RELEASE

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT – WHERE IS THE “RESCUED” NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPER, ALHAJI HAMISU BALA WADUME?


The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to the Press Release by the Nigerian Army dated 07 August, 2019, seeking to justify the unprovoked and unwarranted murder of three (3) Police officers and one (1) Civilian, and serious injury to other operatives, who were on legitimate criminal investigation activities to Taraba State, to arrest one Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume indicted in a series of high-profile kidnap incidents in the State. In the best tradition of Esprit de Corps, Inter-Agency Harmony and National Interest, the Nigeria Police Force would naturally have kept quiet, but it has become imperative to set the record straight by addressing the obvious distortion of facts inherent in the Press Release by the Nigerian Army.

The most important question arising from the Nigerian Army Press Release is: Where is Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume? Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume is a millionaire kidnapper arrested by the Police but paradoxically treated as a ‘‘kidnap victim’’ by the Soldiers and subsequently ‘rescued’ by them. Where is he? Where is the rescued kidnapper?

Secondly, the Press Release was silent on the source of the alleged distress report or identity of the complainant, on the strength of whose report, the Army claimed had informed their decision to engage in the purported chase and rescue operation. Needless to state that in the true spirit of transparency and accountability, the Nigerian Army ought to have arrested the purported distress caller - if any - for obviously and deliberately furnishing them with false and misleading information. Besides, such arrest should in fact be made public!

Thirdly, it is not true that the Policemen failed to identify themselves as alleged in the Press Release. The video on the incident, now viral, wherein the voice of one of the soldiers was heard loudly proclaiming that the Policemen were from the Force Headquarters, Abuja speaks volume. Besides, the presence of the IRT personnel was well known to the Taraba Police Command as the Operatives officially and properly documented not only at the State Command Headquarters but also at the Wukari Area Command and the Ibi Divisional Headquarters. As a matter of fact, some of the Detectives from the Taraba State Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) were part of the operation.

The Force also considers it insensitive, disrespectful and unpatriotic for the Press Release by the Army to continue to describe Policemen on lawful National Assignment as ‘suspected kidnappers’ long after it had become crystal clear to the Army that these are Law Enforcement Officers who unfortunately were gruesomely murdered in the line of duty by Nigerian soldiers attached to 93 Battalion, Takum.

In the final analysis, we leave the Nigerian Army authorities to provide Nigerians with answers on the following questions emanating from their Press Release:
* Where is the notorious kidnapper, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume ‘rescued’ by the soldiers?
* How and why was Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume released by the soldiers?
* How could a kidnap suspect properly restrained with handcuffs by the Police escape from the hands of his military rescuers?
* If Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume is a ‘‘victim of kidnap’’ as claimed, and properly rescued by soldiers, why was he not taken to the Army Base for documentation purposes and debriefing in line with the Standard Operating Procedure in the Nigerian Army?
* Why were the Police Operatives shot at close range even after they had identified themselves as Police Officers on legitimate duty as evident in the video now in circulation?

DCP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA

R.I.P


These is sad and highly regretable.

PRESS RELEASE

The attention of the Army Headquarters has been drawn to the Press Release by
DCP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.2/68 Date: 7th August, 2019 on the unfortunate incident that occurred on the 6th of August 2019 in which troops of 93 Battalion Nigerian Army Takum pursued and exchanged fire with some suspected Kidnappers who indeed turned out to be an Intelligence Response Team from the Police Force Headquarters Abuja on a covert assignment from Abuja resulting in the death and injury of some members of the Team.

On the 6th of August 2019, the said Nigerian Army troops, while responding to a distressed call to rescue a kidnapped victim exchanged fire with the suspected kidnappers along Ibi-Wukari Road in Taraba State.

The suspected kidnappers numbering about ten (10) and driving in a white bus with Reg No LAGOS MUS 564 EU refused to stop when they were halted by troops at three consecutive check points. The flagrant refusal of the suspected kidnappers to stop at the three checkpoints prompted a hot pursuit of the fleeing suspects by the troops. It was in this process that the suspected kidnappers who were obviously armed opened fire at the troops sporadicaly thus prompting them to return fire.

In the resultant fire fight, four (4) suspects were shot and died on the spot while four (4) others sustained various degrees of gunshot wounds and 2 others reportedly missing. It was only after this avoidable outcome that one of the wounded suspects disclosed the fact that they were indeed Policemen dispatched from Nigerian Police, Force Headquarters, Abuja for a covert assignment.

However, following inquiries from a Police Station officer who was asked by the commander of the Army troops whether he was aware of any Nigerian Police team being dispatched to operate in the LGA, the Divisional Police Officer of Ibi Police Division responded that he was not informed about any operation by the Nigerian Police Force Headquarters thus lending credence to the distressed call from members of the community that the suspects who turned out to be Policemen on a covert mission were rather suspected kidnappers.

This incident is indeed quite unfortunate and could have been avoided through proper coordination and liaison as the Nigerian Police Force are partners in the fight against crimes such as kidnapping amongst myriads of other internal security threats confronting our nation of which the Nigerian Police is the lead Agency.

In order to avert future occurrences of this nature, the Army Headquarters and the Force Headquarters of the Nigerian Police have agreed to constitute a Joint lnvestigation Panel to be headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation Department, DIG Mike Ogbizi, to jointly investigate and report on the true circumstances surrounding the unfortunate incident. Therefore, until the Joint Investigation Panel concludes and submits its report, it will be premature to officially conclude and speak on the real circumstances that caused this unfortunate but very avoidable unfortunate incident.

SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Acting Director Army Public Relations
7 August 2019