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brownlord: nice one man, gn

Lol... Bros! Night tinz!

brownlord: For real? picture... hahaha session?

Very recent [year withheld]!!! ... Sleep don dey show o!

brownlord: Lol, you which school?

Ekp na.... He dey show for face!

brownlord: Yup

Owky... They represent wella.

brownlord: Haha, aii but I'm sure you not there? I get som niggas there sha, school mates

Not there now sha... But go there wella! Ekp, guyz?!

brownlord: Mehn dey fear those village things this period, got saved from accident recently when I followed someone to funeral in village, no won do those village things for now. Confirm bini

Baba domo [abi na domor?!] sir... Wedding for villa dey dey sumhw sha... Bt Igarra no be village though... Jst a town like Auchi, though Auchi is more developed.

brownlord: Really, suppose enter that town month end, a friend of mine is getting married, still contemplating sha

@least make u come see hw our e-side dey be na.. They go welcome you wella like hw Yorubas take dey welcome Visitors... Esan, right?!

brownlord: You Yoruba?

No oooo... Don't even understand Yoruba. Igarra, your backyard is where I'm from!

EdCure: He is an agent of PDP, the cardinal enemy of Nigeria. News of local vigilante success don't please them.

The idıots put party first, before nation.

They know nothing!

Omexonomy: the don the don avi reshi dashi?

Ireshi odashi o... Ama mazi yineshi omeyan sha!

Omexonomy: I guess it has something to do with ali baba and the forty thieves.
Which tribe does ali baba comes from? Igbo or Yoruba?

No die of tribal malaria one day o.

People, are about throwing tantrums at SaharaReporters now!

PDP being stealing votes since 1999. God shall surely punish them!

masterpower: Lie from the pit of bokoharam paper. Written just to discredit the efforts of the Nigerian military and FG.

Are y'all sure that this guy read the write-up before posting this comment?!

Obasanjo son's being shot is a blatant lie to gain political muscle yet the Governor of Adamawa State who's a PDP member visited the hospital and confirmed it. Atiku, an APC Chieftain also confirmed it. So, what's your point, @OP?!

At the end of the gun battle, the troops who moved in from the 1 Division Kaduna, 3 Division Jos and TRADOC, Minna killed 40 sect members and also succeeded in reclaiming Michika, Uba and Gulak towns from the terrorists.

Chino has been vindicated! !

Does that mean everyone now runs to Obasanjo to become the President of Nigeria?! Because last week, it was reported that Sule Lamido received massive support from Obasanjo and today is now Tambuwal. Anyways, the should do whatever pleases them!

I as a person wouldn't advise Tambuwal to waste his resources in the forth-coming Presidential primaries/election because it'd be very difficult for him. He should go and vie for the Governorship Seat in Sokoto either under the platform of APC or PDP because APC would not be so foolish to give their ticket to a newbie.

Moreover, this man ain't too pure because I could remember he was among the people that were accused of financial misconduct/recklessness when he was the Deputy Chief Whip of the 6th House. Besides, an average Nigeria from other parts of the country doesn't have an idea of who Tambuwal and Kwankwaso are!

By Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru, Caleb Ayansina, Umar
Yusuf & Ndahi Marama

ABUJA—The military, yesterday, engaged the Boko Haram
terrorists in a fierce battle at Vimtim, the home town of the
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh,
inflicting heavy casualties on the insurgents. At the end of
the gun battle, the troops who moved in from the 1 Division
Kaduna, 3 Division Jos and TRADOC, Minna killed 40 sect
members and also succeeded in reclaiming Michika, Uba
and Gulak towns from the terrorists.

Giving details of what transpired, the source said, the
terrorists encircled the troops from all angles of Vimtim as
the troops concentrated in the city centre and a gun battle
ensued. Unknown to them, the newly deployed soldiers
arrived and joined the battle, taking on the terrorists from
behind leading to killing of over 40 insurgents while others
fled.

The military also recovered 17 Hilux vehicles, General
Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs) mounted on their Hilux
vehicles, and several Anti-Aircraft guns (AA weapons).
Several surface-to-air missiles were destroyed while four
were taken away by the troops.

The military source added that the initial retreat by soldiers
from Mubi was to enable soldiers re-strategize and attack
the insurgents in full force, adding that this was what made
civilians panic.

The situation, however, changed dramatically when troops
from the other three states arrived and assisted in cutting
the insurgents off in the confrontation that ensued.
3 Army officers, 2 soldiers injured —Defence Hq
The Defence headquarters has also confirmed that three
officers and two soldiers were injured in the bloody
encounter. In separate tweets posted, yesterday, it said the
injured officers and soldiers were currently receiving
treatment at a military facility.

Vanguard gathered that the General Officer Commanding
the 3rd Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, Major
General Mohammed Zaruwa was personally directing the
counter-insurgency operation.

The tweets read: “Counter Terrorist Troops have carried out
an attack on insurgents in Mubi town, Adamawa State. In the
fierce battle to root out the insurgents, scores of insurgents
lost their lives, while several others escaped with fatal
gunshot wounds.

“Two officers and three soldiers who were wounded in the
battle are currently receiving treatment in a Military Medical
Facility”.

FG refocuses on Boko Haram’s source of funding, weapons
Meanwhile, the Federal Government, said yesterday, that it
would focus on the source of funding and weapons used by
the insurgents, as part of efforts to end terrorism in the
country.

The Coordinator, National Information Centre and Director-
General, National Orientation Agency, Mr. Mike Omeri, who
stated this during the routine security briefing, in Abuja,
insisted that it had capacity to counter the ongoing
insurgency in the North-Eastern part of the country.

Omeri said the recent Regional Ministerial Meeting
convened to explore ways of achieving international
cooperation in tackling the challenge of insurgency in the
North East had called for more action in tackling the
menace.

According to him, the meeting was summoned to look into
the level of implementation of the decisions and
commitments made at the Paris Summit of May 2014 and
the follow-up meetings in London and Washington DC.

“Particularly, the meeting underscored the need to
effectively address the sources of funding and supply of
weapons to Boko Haram and called for greater international
co-operation in tackling all forms of illegal transfer of arms
and ammunition,” he said.

Omeri added that the forum also advocated strict sanctions
against terrorist groups, especially Boko Haram, while
commending the effort of the Nigerian government in
setting up the Victims Support Fund for alleviating the plight
of victims of insurgency.

He noted that the recent recapture of Bama town by the
troops attest to the renewed zeal and commitment, which
officers and men of the Nigerian Army had shown towards
defending the country and her territorial integrity.

The NOA Boss commended the efforts of the Nigerian
military in containing the activities of Boko Haram
insurgents, urging the people to always pray for them.

Speaking further, Omeri warned Nigerians against
purchasing used and pre-registered SIM cards from
uncertain sources, saying such phones and SIM cards might
have been used by terrorists for criminal activities.

“The caution has become necessary to save members of
the public the embarrassment of being apprehended for
crimes committed with phones and SIM cards found in their
possession,” he said.

We are in control of Bama, Michika, Mubi —Boko Haram
Boko Haram on its part declared, yesterday, it was still in
control of Bama, Michika and Mubi towns. Its spokesman,
Abu Zinnira, in a statement said: “This is a rebuttal from the
information dissemination and sensitization unit of the
Jamaatul Ahlil Sunna Lidawati Wal Jihad (Boko Haram) on
the series of lies that the Nigerian military have been
feeding the world on our recent conquests.

“Let the whole world know that we are on the path of victory
because up to this minute, the town of Bama is under our
control, the whole of Michika is now in our hands, as well as
Mararaban (Junction of) Mubi now fully under our control.

We are assuring the world that this would be continuous and
there will be no going back by God’s grace. This is a message
from me on behalf of our brethren.”

As thousands of displaced persons continue to troop into
Yola, the Adamawa State capital from the Northern
Senatorial district following fierce fighting with the
insurgents, the hometown of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air
Chief Marshall Alex Badeh is said to be close to the reach of
the insurgents.

Vimtim, Badeh’s hometown is about 30 minutes drive from
Mubi along the highways on the Yola–Maiduguri road.

Attempts by the insurgents to overrun the CDS’ hometown
came few hours after the insurgents shot and wounded the
son of a former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo at Bazza, the hometown of the General Officer
commanding, GOC 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos,
Major General J.S. Zaruma.

Emir of Mubi flees; LG chairmen desert councils

The fighting has forced the paramount Ruler of Mubi, Emir
Abubakar Isah Ahmadu, the Vice President of Adamawa
Council of Chiefs and Emirs to sneak out of the town.

Attempts to speak to the chairmen of Mubi North, Michika
and Madagali local government councils proved abortive as
they were reported to have deserted their council areas and
relocated to Yola, the state capital.

The siege on Gulak, Michika, Bazza and its environs had
affected commercial activities with reports saying that
several people crossed over to the neighboring Cameroon.

“We couldn’t sleep due to the heavy gun shots that pervaded
the air in the night and for now no one could say the exact
situation. They kept shouting, chanting Allahu Akbar, people
are now living in an atmosphere of despair and agony, even
our Emir, His Royal Highness has left in the night,” said a
resident that pleaded anonymity.

Also a palace source had confided that the emir was
escorted out by security operatives following reports that
the insurgents were advancing towards Mubi, already jam-
packed by displaced persons.

“His Highness had earlier declined to leave the town, but
security personnel mounted pressure on him, hence the
reasons for the paramount ruler to travel out,” said the
source.

A fleeing resident taking refugee on the hills disclosed in a
telephone interview, that many residents were trapped in
Michika, Bazza and Shuwa.

“We are in trouble now, many are trapped, some could not
get out of their homes, these people were everywhere
hoisting their flags on bikes, others brandishing their guns,”
said another fleeing resident.

I’m eager to return to the battle Front, Col. Obasanjo tells
Atiku

Son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Lt Col Adeboye
Obasanjo, an army engineer at the 3rd Division in Jos,
Plateau State, who was on Monday wounded by Boko Haram
terrorists in the ferocious Michika battle between the
Nigerian military and Boko Haram, said yesterday that he
was eager to return to the battle front.

The injured son of former President Obasanjo, who led
soldiers on an offensive to reclaim Michika town in
Adamawa State but fell into the hands of the insurgents,
disclosed that his mind was at the battle field. He sopke
when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited him at a
government medical facility in Yola, Adamawa State,
yesterday, where he was said to be recuperating.

Atiku, who was in Yola over the weekend to vote in the APC
gubernatorial primaries and to collect his permanent voters’
card, on learning that Lt. Colonel Obasanjo was being
treated at a government medical facility in Yola went to visit
him yesterday afternoon.

According to a source at the hospital, Atiku was happy to
find Lt. Col. Obasanjo in high spirits. According to the
source, the former Vice President, who recently settled his
differences with his former boss was impressed to learn
from the injured officer his readiness to return to the battle
front to deal with the insurgents.

The source quoted Atiku to have told Lt. Col Obasanjo that
he was impressed to see him display the type of courage
associated with his former boss, President Obasanjo.

The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC was said
to have wished Lt. Col Adeboye Obasanjo speedy recovery
from the injuries he sustained from gunshots.

The source quoted Atiku as saying: “He was even marching
before me as he was recovering from gunshots.”

….He is in stable condition – Hospital

Meanwhile, the Chief Information Officer of Federal Medical
Centre (FMC, Yola), Mr Adamu Dodo has confirmed that,
“Obasanjo’s son is recuperating after minor surgery and he
is in stable condition in the hospital.”

The State Acting Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri had
earlier visited him and lauded all officers of the Nigerian
Army who are battling to curtail the activities of insurgents in
Adamawa Northern Senatorial Zone.

The governor said the people were proud of the soldiers
who have lost their lives while defending their fatherland.

A senior military source told correspondents that troops
today retook Bazza after a fierce battle in which soldiers
killed several Boko Haram militants.

According to our source, “our soldiers circled Baza and
engaged the terrorists in a serious battle. We have now
recaptured Bazza after defeating the resistance of Boko
Haram militants in the township.”

Thousands of residents of Gulak, Michika and Bazza had fled
to neighboring towns and Cameroon as Boko Haram had
unleashed mayhem on residents during their short reign
over the towns.

Sources disclosed that successful attacks on Boko Haram
insurgents was made possible by an advance team of
Nigerian Air Force pilots who bombed the insurgents’
command centres in Bazza.

“It was after our Air Force jets bombarded their strongholds
mounted on roads that the troops moved in on a clearing
mission,” the officer revealed.

Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/military-bharam-battle-cds-town/

ionsman: You have Ilorin there, Minna and no Benin?
Issorait....

I wonder o!

Caseless2: how is ur day goin?

Badt guy... !

MARKone: I guess u did not hear the audio sound very well. They person taking the video said "instead of them staying, they are running"

It is really disheartening.

Who are those people taking the video?! Are those guys not Boko Haram members?! Because if the Security men are truly fleeing, I don't think that any normal human being would be in the bush taking videos instead of fleeing with the crowd!

I would have loved to watch it now, but my battery is about shutting down!

IHEJIRIKAisBOKO: Dont be suprised, Abains will still vote for PDP again. I can wager my last penny, T.A Orji will be voted for as a senator in Abia state next year

That's PDP for you. They enjoy suffering, so they keep smiling.

koboko66: as in ehn...these people are clowns. Is there even any section that is even supposed to be like this in a public hospital??

Most of these Governors should beg their APC Counterparts to teach them how to build good hospitals and roads. When I saw a picture thread of the roads he constructed yesterday, I was so embarrassed!

chimoz: Op just took the pictures of the bad side, he should have shown us the pictures of the good side too. There is possibility that that facility may be out of use or it may even an old picture. Whatever it is, op is not telling us the whole story.

Do you think anything good can ever come out of this hospital?! There's no good side/part of the hospital joor!

barcanista: lol, you see that Thread that tried to rubbish Kwankwaso in FP?

Yes na... Nairaland sef!

barcanista: This is a Thread Jonathanians and Haters will avoid... where is caseless2, donphilopus, obiagelli and egift sef? i can see lakpalakpa

Maybe they are in Gwoza sef!

I thought they said he was no longer interested in the Presidency; how come we're seeing this again?! Let them continue deceiving themselves cos I know whoever they field would be humiliated by the People's General come February 14th 2015!

chukwudi44: are my missing anything here? did the north vote for GEJ in 2011?

@bold, you see why we've been telling y'all to embrace the party that has come to stay?! We've come to save semi-literates like you from perishing further under this Jonathan's failed educational system!

atlwireles: Daily trust, reporting for the other side.

Guy, stop being a piast joor. It's not SaharaReporters anymore, it's now Daily Trust. Ah dey wonder for you o!

He has since defected to the PDP na. Why are they making it to look like a breaking news?!

barcanista: blame the silly reporter that sought to create confusion among the APC ranks

And these PDP guys celebrate any news against the Leadership of APC!