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Crime / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Attack Enugu Communities, Three Residents Killed (Photo) by jungleluv(m): 6:50am On Apr 18, 2022 |
Please where are the so called ipob or esn what are they doing they are only good at killing their fellow brother and sister in one side while Fulani too are doing the in the other side stupid people |
Crime / Re: Kidnapped British, Ian Squire Shot Dead In Nigeria After Singing “Amazing Grace" by jungleluv(m): 5:50pm On Nov 25, 2017 |
Celebrities / Re: Denrele Pulls His Trouser Down In Crazy Pose With Keke Napep (Photo) by jungleluv(m): 10:18am On Nov 25, 2017 |
levrin:I think his high on lagoon weed, even he be like say the kèké dey laff |
Celebrities / Re: Denrele Pulls His Trouser Down In Crazy Pose With Keke Napep (Photo) by jungleluv(m): 10:16am On Nov 25, 2017 |
levrin:I think his high on lagoon weed |
Politics / Re: Governor Obiano Visits President Buhari In Abuja After Election Victory (Photos) by jungleluv(m): 6:49pm On Nov 24, 2017 |
Mexzy4sho:if you like fry ugwu |
Politics / Re: Statues Of Obasanjo, Ekwueme, Awolowo, Mbakwe To Be Unveiled By Okorocha by jungleluv(m): 7:59am On Nov 18, 2017 |
obafemee80:Ṣe afi ṣe ni (dem take am do am) 2 Likes |
Celebrities / Re: Yemi Alade: I Couldn't Fit Into My Dress Last Night Because Of My Big Backside by jungleluv(m): 6:31pm On Nov 15, 2017 |
GraveMan:wey the thing that did not allow her enter her cloth Abegiiiiiii na advert |
Sports / Re: Kanu Nwankwo Arrives Indonesia With Other EPL Legends (Photos) by jungleluv(m): 9:07pm On Nov 06, 2017 |
NwaAmaikpe:You see why I am not happy with this kind of statement, you see some igbo has sentimental brain and everything about their life sentimental |
Family / Re: Nigeria Woman Delivers Quadruplets After Over 20 Years Of Waiting by jungleluv(m): 8:12am On Nov 06, 2017 |
manitoba:I tap from this new blessings from GOD that BABA GOD should pick my call because we are waiting too. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jungleluv(m): 1:26pm On Mar 10, 2015 |
kay1one2:yes now or what do you expect when GENs re making money from insurgency they will not like to stop it 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Chadian Soldiers Capture Boko Haram's Command Center by jungleluv(m): 1:22pm On Mar 10, 2015 |
jpphilips:hey stop it no kudos to everyone except to Chadian and Cameroonian soldiers for their help |
Nairaland / General / Re: Check The Status Of Your National E- ID Card Now! by jungleluv(m): 6:00am On Mar 10, 2015 |
Vstuffs:the porter is not working |
Politics / Re: AIT Received N10 Billion For Damaging Documentaries by jungleluv(m): 5:42am On Mar 10, 2015 |
Redoil:Amen but now you ve fall into the pit of hell with the cabal of corrupted PDP government and u will rot there. |
Politics / Re: APC Chieftain, 7000 Members Defect To PDP In Yobe by jungleluv(m): 6:13pm On Mar 09, 2015 |
olokfor: olokfor: olokfor:Gero u re hungry and u need food ole bara o |
TV/Movies / Re: Fire guts Sir Gabriel Igbinedion’s ITV Benin (Photos From The Incidence) by jungleluv(m): 8:26pm On Mar 08, 2015 |
ozoigbondu:God punish dat ur mouth y people like sentiment everything happens is APC . Search ur self |
Politics / Re: Apc’s Deputy Gubernatorial Candidate Defects To PDP In Abia State by jungleluv(m): 10:33pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
Ayed44:thief ole he has sold d future of his children |
Politics / Re: Boko Haram Terrorists Captured By Cameronian Soldiers ( Photo) by jungleluv(m): 2:07pm On Feb 25, 2015 |
PrinceMario:Olori Agbero omo ita |
Politics / Re: 'NUC Declares Aisha Buhari’s Certificate Fraudulent' - Nigeriantimes.ng by jungleluv(m): 7:48pm On Feb 22, 2015 |
ishiamu:OK u too citizen of oluwole republic mumu hw many time u sit for jamb did u pass is it not oluwole result u use . clueless saTAN member |
Politics / Re: Commisioning Of Unit 6 (1320 MW) Egbin Power Station -live On Nta by jungleluv(m): 2:55pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
OLADD:yes commissioning of power this power that where is d light now for past five days now no light . hmmmmmm |
Politics / Re: House Of Reps Move To Ban Hiace Buses Over Bayelsa Auto Crash by jungleluv(m): 7:07am On Feb 21, 2015 |
W hile the battle to route Boko Haram insurgents within six weeks as promised by the Federal government rages, an army officer, nursing the wounds and deep feelings over the whole incident, spoke exhaustively to Saturday Vanguard about his battle field experiences at Gombe and Yobe axis and why he deserted the profession he loves so much. His narration which runs like a ‘war memoir’ is as interesting although the military has recorded reasonable success with more equipment with which they have attacked terror camps and killed a great number of them. However we present to you an interesting account of an officer who deserted the army from the battle front Excerpts: BACKGROUND ‘’I have served Nigerian Army for about twenty years. I enrolled through the regular course. I have served in almost all formations in the country. I am from the middle Belt part of the country, married with two children, a boy and girl. I have also served in foreign missions in Sierra-leone, Liberia and Dafur and we always came out in flying colours. Sierra-leone and Liberia were for peace enforcement while Dafur was for peace support missions. We fought real battles at Sierra-leone and Liberia for about one year. We were there as a member of ECOWAS and we proved our mettle. It was popularly called ECOMOG. The battles were tense but rewarding in the sense that we were heavily equipped and all we needed for the war were adequately provided for us. During the battles we recorded very minimal casualty though. You know that it is difficult not to record casualties in war situations. A picture taken on February 17, 2015 shows Cameroonian soldiers patrolling in the Cameroonian town of Fotokol, on the border with Nigeria, after clashes occurred on February 4 between Cameroonian troops and Nigeria-based Boko Haram insurgents. Nigerian Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol on February 4, massacring dozens of civilians and torching a mosque before being repelled by regional forces AFP PHOTO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LARGESSE ‘’In spite of the fact that the war was being fought outside Nigeria, the Federal Government of Nigeria under General Abacha provided us with all we needed and when ever we complained of any inadequacy, the Federal government provided them without delay. That was the spirit and we relished and cherished it. It was such that we were all looking forward to being drafted back to continue with the war. But it is a totally different thing with the against Boko Haram in the North Eastern part of Nigeria. FEARS OVER ILL-PREPARATION This is a war in which almost 95% of our soldiers fear to join. Our fears are not that we were not trained enough to face the challenges but simply because we seem not to be prepared, at all, for the war. A lot of sabotage, politics and other extraneous factors are seriously inhibiting the success of the war. Unfortunately, we are loosing a lot in men and material. It is so much that whenever the toll will be taken, the world will weep for this country. Already, thousands of families are in deep grief, having lost their dear ones in the war. As we speak, I have deserted from the battle field at Bajoga, Yobe State. Let me give you a vivid account of the circumstances that led to my deserting the profession I love so much. MY STORY Until the unfortunate and very painful AWOL, I was serving in Bauchi as a Sergeant. While carrying out our normal duties, I was abreast of the ongoing war my colleagues were waging with Boko Haram and I was inwardly praying for an action whenever I would be drafted to the front. Alas, my battalion was informed of a certain foreign mission. I was ecstatic, knowing that we always triumphed during such missions. Unfortunately, when the real action came, I regretted joining the Nigerian army. FOREIGN MISSION SIGNAL After the signal came for the mission, we started training from Ohafia in Abia State. Later on, we heard that the operation had been changed from peace keeping in Liberia to Zaman-Lafia in the North East. We thought it was a joke and when we finished the training at Ohafia, we were sent to Jaji in kaduna State. It was at Jaji we realised that the rumour of going to the North East was true and we all knew that it meant going to fight the insurgents called Boko Haram. We were very sad because most of us were due for compensation and that was why they selected us to go for foreign mission. About 90% of us were victims of previous attacks at Bama and other areas and we lost both our loved ones and properties. So, military authorities selected us for foreign mission as a way of compensating us but unfortunately, we were diverted to go and fight Boko Haram insurgents. MOVEMENT TO GOMBE We, however, took it in good faith and after we completed our one month training, they moved us to Gombe. That should be around early January this year. On arrival around 2pm the next day, the Brigade Commander came to address us. To our chagrin, he told us that even members of Boko Haram were aware that we were coming, that they had sent a text message to him that we were coming to attack them with the local hunters and heavy equipment and that they were ready for us. DISAGREEMENT WITH COMMANDER The following day, he wanted to move us (about 600) to Mallam-Sidi area of the state but we objected because our Commanding Officer had not come and those heavy tanks, like the APC’s and other supporting weapons were not equipped for the battle ahead. Soldiers tasked with fighting Boko Haram militants arrive to face trials for mutiny in Abuja on October 2, 2014. Nearly 100 soldiers tasked with fighting Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s far northeast appeared at a military court martial on Thursday, facing a range of charges including mutiny. The hearing comes just weeks after a tribunal sentenced 12 soldiers to death following their conviction for shooting at their commanding officer in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, in May. AFP PHOTO The following day when the Commanding Officer came, he compelled us to move to the place, saying that it would be more conducive and safe for us to stay there than being left at the open and ill-equipped barrack in Gombe. We then moved to Mallam-Sidi where we spent almost two weeks before advancing to the war front. While we were there, they told us they were making provision for all those weapons that were not available. And, actually, while there, they brought three armoured tanks, replaced some of the APC’s that were in bad condition and brought new ones. MOVEMENT TO THE BATTLE FIELD On a Sunday, precisely on the 8th of February, around 2am, we advanced towards Bajoga, a town between Yobe and Gombe States. We were there before 6am. Before advancing to the battle field,we were fed with tasteless jollof rice that was as dinner. About 9.30 to 10 am we started advancing to the location where the insurgents were. While we were advancing, the three helicopter gun -ships that we were earlier promised would assist in the operation hovered round and landed. Even the Alpha jet came and all of us were jubilant and battle -ready to win at all costs. HOPE DASHED However, five minutes before we met with our target, the helicopter and alpha jet disappeared. Even at the peak of the battle, our commander called them for backup but they did not surface. The battle raged for over four hours, they were surging like locusts towards us with sophisticated weapons including ant- aircraft guns. In conventional wars, such weapons are not used on human beings. They are used to fell air crafts. But, the insurgents use them brazenly to kill our soldiers. It tears human body into shreds on contact. OUR EQUIPMENT It is pertinent to let you know how we were equipped for the war. Before the battle, they gave us three armoured tanks, three artillery guns, five APC’s, grenade launchers and AK47 rifles with three magazines per soldier. But on the day we started advancing, only one armoured tank , five APC’s, and artillery guns advanced with us. If we had gone into battle with, at least, the three armoured tanks, nothing would have made us lose the war. As the battle raged, it did not take time for their fire power to surpass ours. SUICIDE BOMBING Initially, we had upper hand, but they struck with two golf cars loaded with bombs and dislodged us. It was a suicide mission. The explosion covered the whole area with thick smoke and the insurgents used the opportunity to advance towards us. In the process, we were asked to withdraw because they were coming ferociously. We were killing them but they kept on advancing like bees. Then, it was almost 5pm. RACE FOR SURVIVIAL That was how the race for survival by our men started. You know the terrain is a very open and large expanse of land with scanty vegetation. It was just like running in a football field with no place to hide. We ran into a small settlement and they pursued us. They were quite familiar with the terrain but we were not. We succeeded in crossing the first stagnant river, before we noticed the presence of our alpha jet which started backing us up. That did not deter the insurgents from pursuing and killing our soldiers one by one. IT IS NOT THE WAR YOU KNOW While we were running for dear lives, some soldiers were falling by the wayside after losing strength to continue with the long race for survival. In fact, because of the fact that we were not equipped with water bottles, our throats were drying up as we continued running. It got to a stage when dehydration set in and if you try to swallow saliva, it will be almost impossible and choking. Our spit was so white, slimy and it splattered on the faces of most of us due to exhaustion. One of the most pathetic cases was that of a colleague who got exhausted and simply collapsed on the ground. He was even pleading with us to continue without him because he could no longer make it. One of our officers, a Lieutenant pleaded that we should lend a helping hand by jointly helping him to continue with us. His plea touched us and we tried our best to help but we were also too exhausted to help offer help. BUT THE WAR THEY FOUGHT Nevertheless, some of us tried to help him but we could not continue when we saw the way the insurgents were running towards us. We dropped him and only God knows what happened later. As we were running, bodies of many of our soldiers, both wounded and killed littered the open field. It was heart- rending seeing a close friend lying helplessly and you could not help because your own life was in grave danger and you were not sure of survival. When we were about crossing the second shallow river, the villagers we met told us that we were in between Borno and Adamawa States, that from there to Bajoga was 75klm. Surprisingly, the villagers were very friendly and even gave us water. They were about giving us food but advised that we should quickly continue with our journey in order to avoid the insurgents meeting us. They arranged three vehicles that lifted us for about a kilometre and the driver refused to proceed further claiming that the road was not good. We quickly disembarked and trekked all night till around 5am when we entered a village and met members of the local vigilante who helped us to arrange for two Diana Trucks that carried us to Bajoga junction. From there, we entered another vehicle to Mallam-Sidi and that was where we met some of our soldiers with serious bullet wounds. The wounded among us pleaded with the second in command to take them to the hospital in Gombe but he objected saying that order has been given to move everybody to Ashaka where we use as harbour. After some deliberations and objections, we had no option than to obey him. When we got to Ashaka, to our chagrin, instead of taking urgent care of the wounded, feeding us and even given us a day rest after our narrow escape, the Commander ordered that we should turn back and advance, back to the battle field. That was the final straw that broke the camel’s back. At that stage, many of us decided inwardly to dessert the army and that was exactly what we did. I handed my gun to one of my colleagues to return to armoury after I left through the nearest way in the midnight. I trekked for two hours to the main road before I boarded a bike that unfortunately missed the road and we saw ourselves back at Ashaka. I then disappeared amongst the crowd at one of the checkpoints and went to the motor park where I boarded a vehicle towards Abuja. It took time for me to take that decision because this is a profession I love so much and I have put in about 20 years. Agreed that from day one, we signed to fight and die for our dear country, but of what use will it be when it was obvious to me that things could be done differently and we would have results. For instance, we were supposed to be paid N5000 daily but what our Commanders paid was N1000. If you sustain injury in the battle field, you spend your money treating yourself. The worst is that we were not adequately equipped for the war. We only got to battle field with our rifles, no kits, no vision goggles etc and this is an oil rich country where politicians are embezzle trillions yet, this battle that calls for the best in both incentives, morale and equipment is being fought this way at the grave expense of our dear lives. Our military is strong and can do better if well funded and equipped. As I speak, many soldiers have deserted the army. Their families are starving in the barracks. The most painful aspect of the whole thing is that after the battle, no efforts were made to ascertain or give account of our dead and wounded soldiers. The dead ones are left in the battle fields while most of the wounded die face agonising death. What the authorities do is to close account of soldiers not seen after some time days. In the past few days, however, it has been reported that the military has received more equipment and their forces have made reasonable inroads into terrorists camps and they have recorded reasonable success although the battle is far from being won. |
Politics / Re: House Of Reps Move To Ban Hiace Buses Over Bayelsa Auto Crash by jungleluv(m): 6:35am On Feb 21, 2015 |
Why is it that you only know of the female politicians but you did not about the bus driver whether is alive or not we don't know his he not a human being .hmmmm |
Politics / Re: Police Confirms Bomb Attack On APC Office In Rivers by jungleluv(m): 7:35pm On Jan 11, 2015 |
chino11:U ARE SICK UPSTAIR |
Politics / Re: “even If Buhari Presents NEPA Bill As Certificate, I Will Vote For Him” –ikpeba by jungleluv(m): 5:40pm On Jan 09, 2015 |
Acidosis:U DAT ATTEND SCHOOL WHAT VE ACHIEVED MUMU ACADEMIC RECORDER |
Celebrities / Re: Sinach And Her Husband Traveled To The Village (photos) by jungleluv(m): 5:45am On Dec 30, 2014 |
Airforce1:WETIN BE UR OWN |
Celebrities / Re: Jennifer Obayuwana Buys A N7m Wrist Watch by jungleluv(m): 2:11pm On Dec 28, 2014 |
realglob:MADNESS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER ONI GBESE |
Business / Re: False Information On New ₦100 Website (Photos) by jungleluv(m): 6:12pm On Dec 27, 2014 |
mesoade:ABEG USE GLASS NOW ABI U NO SEE MUNICH GERMANY ? U DEY CALL UYO OLODO |
Celebrities / Re: President Jonathan’s Daughter, Ine Sets To Wed; Releases Pre-wedding Pictures by jungleluv(m): 6:13pm On Dec 24, 2014 |
Richiy:I BELIEVE NOBI DAME PATIE BORN AM D BABE FYN WELL WELL |
Celebrities / Re: President Jonathan’s Daughter, Ine Sets To Wed; Releases Pre-wedding Pictures by jungleluv(m): 6:10pm On Dec 24, 2014 |
sufido123:U TALK D WAY U LOOK SENTIMENTAL PPLE. |
Politics / Re: Police Parades 13 Year Old Female Suicide Bomber In Kano (Picture) by jungleluv(m): 6:06pm On Dec 24, 2014 |
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Politics / Re: Police Parades 13 Year Old Female Suicide Bomber In Kano (Picture) by jungleluv(m): 6:03pm On Dec 24, 2014 |
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Career / Re: Okorocha Grants Imo Workers 2 Weeks Holiday by jungleluv(m): 1:35pm On Dec 21, 2014 |
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