ugo4u:
A congenital nonentity and an irritant thinks otherwise without coming up with an alternative.

The 1999 Constitution was crafted by solely by civilians

Town hall meetings, consensus and all that.
This thread would further explain this

The 1999 Constitution is not exactly new, it's a replica of the 1979 Constitution with very slight adjustments.

https://twitter.com/yinkanubi/status/1392393437207572483?s=19

kabe1:


Man this is heartbreaking and painful!!

This country deserves a break from bad news.

I mean.......... man!!!

It's really mentally exhausting tbh.

Now, I think "what's the next bad thing that can happen"? And another thing happens that just sends me on another emotional spiral

lebuhsi:


https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/21/chief-of-army-staff-dies/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Oh my God! I just saw this too

Names of victims on board the ill fated aircraft.
1. LT GEN I ATTAHIRU.
2. BRIG GEN MI ABDULKADIR.
3. BRIG GEN OLAYINKA.
4. BRIG GEN KULIYA.
5. MAJ LA HAYAT.
6. MAJ HAMZA.
7. SGT UMAR.
8. FLT LT TO ASANIYI.
9. FLT LT AA OLUFADE.
10. SGT ADESINA.
11. ACM OYEDEPO.

Rest in peace heroes!

JOSCOFELIX:
oga na hear i hear first. but i do see

You don see am now na

JOSCOFELIX:
I call some....... he say that the coas and the rest are in icu. he said they where breathing when being rush to the hospital. this happen 2min close to the airport.assin. .... Should not be rule out

Oga JOSCO everything was engulfed in flames, it's impossible anyone survived, see for yourself

https://twitter.com/sajawalshahbaz/status/1395821018770464776?s=19

lebuhsi:
It's really funny what's going on on social media, the same Lt. Gen Attahiru they said was sacked as Sector Commander Op LD, and was made COAS because of the "quota system" is the same man being praised today with stories that he was assassinated by powers that be, Nigerians will always agend.

Woe be tide us of he was a southerner sha

God rest his soul and the souls of all of those in that plane, they've served their country well.

X

It's really funny what's going on social media, the same Lt. Gen Attahiru they said was sacked as Sector Commander Op LD, and was made COAS because of the "quota system" is the same man being praised today with stories that he was assassinated by powers that be, Nigerians will always agend.

Woe be tide us of he was a southerner sha

God rest his soul and the souls of all of those in that plane, they've served their country well.

shadowprimezero:
Chief of Army Staff is dead!!!!!!

https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/21/chief-of-army-staff-dies/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Oh my God! I just saw this too

JOSCOFELIX:
make i go do combat referee for them, may they know too kill themselves

A sub-faction of Boko Haram loyal to Abubakar Shekau and led by one Ba Koura from the Lake Chad islands is heading towards the Sambisa/Timbuktu area to attack ISWAP, HumAngle has learnt. This is in retaliation for the invasion of the group's stronghold as well as Shekau's death.

More blood bath guys

JUST IN: Video footage of the Deep Blue Project - Maritime Asset Demo at Navy School of Underwater Warfare, yesterday.


https://twitter.com/eonsintelligenc/status/1395678212416581638?s=19

ISWAP-Boko Haram Clash Consumes Shekau in Sambisa Forest

A situation report by one of the intelligence services sighted by PRNigeria said that, the notorious terrorist leader must have been killed during struggle for power between the Boko Haram and the ISWAP groups

The reports stated that “On 19th May 2021, about 1829hours, ISWAP top Fighter Baana DUGURI-on this selector – geolocated around sambisa forest Pulka Gwoza LGA BRS, informed ISWAP logistics commander MODU SULUM- geolocated opposite General hospital Konduga LGA Borno state that, they killed ABUBAKAR SHEKAU over all BH leader in Sambisa Forest date.

“DUGURI disclosed that the ISWAP fighters team surrounded the BH leader with his team and shooting ensued between the 2 factions.DUGURI further added that SHEKAU detonated a bomb and killed himself when he observed that the ISWAP fighters wanted to capture him alive.

“Furthermore, DUGURI informed SULUM that the two sides also lost some fighters during the shooting .He avered that even Yesterday ISWAP was pursuing ABUBAKAR SHEKAU and he SHEKAU discarded his cap and ran but today the pursuit continued and he was finally killed.DUGURI asked MODU SULUM if the other BH members who fled are returning to their houses?

“In his response,, SULUM rejoiced over the death of ABUBAKAR SHEKAU and glorified God over the success.He also said few BH members are returning to their houses.”

https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/20/iswap-boko-haram-shekau/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Very detailed convo, possible SIGINT?

Odunayaw:
I hope NAF/NA artillery utilizes this window. SF teams should be out marking targets. Let's give these fucktards a farewell 21 gun salute

ISWAP units would be riding around in their technicals unperturbed. they might as well swap their heads out for bulbs.

We really miss those ATF videos

Odunayaw:
This is the part I hope is true!!

He went out in a bang, and then some

Boko Haram Strongman, Shekau, Dead As ISWAP Fighters Capture Sambisa Forest

Shekau had surrendered and engaged in an hours-long meeting with the ISWAP fighters, where he was asked to voluntarily relinquish power. He refused and instead opted to blow himself up.


Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead, HumAngle has been able to gather from multiple sources.

This incident took place on Wednesday evening following the invasion of the terror group’s stronghold in the Sambisa forest area by a column of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters.

ISWAP, which had broken away from the Shekau-led Boko Haram faction in 2016 after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), raided the group’s hideout using multiple gun trucks.

Shekau’s enclave was tracked down by ISWAP using its forces based in the Timbuktu Triangle. His fighters were killed in the process, followed by a long gunfire exchange between the invading group and Shekau’s bodyguards.

HumAngle gathered that after his bodyguards were subdued, Shekau surrendered and engaged in an hours-long meeting with the ISWAP fighters. During the parley, he was asked to voluntarily relinquish power and order his fighters in other areas to declare Nai'a (allegiance) to ISWAP’s authority. They had expected Shekau to issue a statement.

Sources within the insurgency, however, said that Shekau who secretly had a suicide vest on eventually blew himself up alongside everyone present during the negotiations.

The identities of the people within ISWAP’s leadership who lost their lives to the explosion remain unclear at this time.



https://humangle.ng/boko-haram-strongman-shekau-dead-as-iswap-fighters-capture-sambisa-forest/

JOSCOFELIX:
two intel with me 1 say it was military artillery strike 2 he blew himself with grenade

It's more likely that it's the latter

Xbee007:

Unconfirmed reports are saying Shekau went out Al Baghdadi style, I would have preferred a severed head tbh.

JAS identity is/was? built around Shekau, if they were finished before, there are very dead now.

The remnants of the sect will join ISWAP or seek green pastures elsewhere, there's no way Al Musab will let any sub-set have any kind of control.

Bakura faction in Niger and Chad is next in line on the list of annihilation, when Nurman Nur was beheaded most of his fighters and commanders joined ISWAP

With Ba Idrissa out of the way, they is really nothing holding his ambitions anymore, there is no one else to challenge him for leadership anymore, Nur is dead, Abu kaka is dead, Ba Idrissa is dead, now Shekau? it leaves only him.
His hubris might lead to his downfall, his rise to power may be short-lived Borno Afterall, is a large expanse of territory, with limited resources his forces will be spread thin, the arrival and deployment of A-29 would prove a game-changer, pilots wouldn't bother about making several passes to hit their target, a CT-COIN Christmas.

They will only be interesting times ahead of us.

JOSCOFELIX:
yes.
i heard military advancing to some location . but they are still heavy artillery bombardment . local and intel say they spot a m35 helicopter with alpha jet and f7 fighter jet

Interesting...

SuperSixSeven:


That's what they say whenever he is on the run. We need a clear picture of his dead body or it didn't happen.

Tbh, until I see his corpse on AMAQ or something, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

I believe we'll get a clearer picture tomorrow....... or not.

JOSCOFELIX:
I AM WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM MILITARY AND LOCALS. BUT ARTLITARY BOMBARDMENT IS WORKING

Is it ongoing at the moment?

sanctity454 post=

101864798:


Is this confirmed?

I've seen a lot of buzz about this on Twitter. If confirmed, he's been kicking the can along the road for far too long.

What a way to go, for a man with 9 lives

Blueelf:
When some monickers begin to tell me not to compare our military with others, I need to remind them that in the last 7 years, our military's budget has been unprecedented. So what are the service chiefs and military high command doing with all the money?

The men on the ground know this and thus they don't feel its fair to give their lives for a country they feel has abandoned them

I hope this paints you a picture of the real situation.

Odunayaw:
Thank you! The distrust is so real and many times presumptuous

Exactly!

Whyem15:
We've all discussed the quality of NA recruits recently and I came across something on Twitter that made me do a bit more research on it.
The bulk of NA's fighting force are usually from either depot recruitment or ex boys from NMS. The depot recruitment course is a crash course of about 6 months while the NMS is basically a secondary school that uses four days of the week for academic studies and a day for military training for 6 years(military training will definitely be continuous and everyday in one way or another) throughout the week. It is only normal to expect soldiers from NMS to be far better than those that passed through the depot training.
Now, knowing that the 7 division is new and isn't even up to full strength yet, the bulk of their force are those trained in depot within six months. I don't know Sha but I think this is the reason for the poor quality. If NA can work on the training at the depot, things might change.

The 6 months they spend in Jaji is basic, once you are being deployed to any unit, you have to attend and finish courses specific to your unit to get promoted.

The courses run from a duration of 3 - 6 months the higher you go the more sophisticated the courses become, this continues until you retire.

I believe the problem with the NA is lack of trust between Officers and NCOs

I've been with people that have served in Borno state and come back, you wouldn't believe how much they distrust rednecks, they just think that they are cannon fodder and dispensable, that really doesn't help morale at all.

Mzal3ndo:

were the drones used against Israel?

No, TB2s were really famous last year because of it's exploits in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh

SamuelAnyawu:


Most of these guys on Twitter know nothing about the NE Insurgency. They just post to gain followers.

I don see one post now that the Nigerian Navy has over 700 personnel in Baga

I think I’ll need to open a Twitter account to give an in-depth report on NE Insurgency

When you do, drop your handle here make we follow you, you be premium source for a lot of those "defence analysis" for Twitter.

Them De come here de read you sh*t, pass am off as "sources".

lebuhsi:
So Abu Musab is back in charge as Wali of ISWAP.

"More about the #ISWAP reshuffle, In Nuri-language audio (symptomatic of the persisting Borno-centric nature of ISWAP), it is the new wali Abu Musab al Barnawi himself speaking (authenticated by contacts & with a voice resembling that of other authenticated audios).

He discusses why the former wali (presumably Ba Lawan... but he is not named) was removed.

1. He was not sharing the bounty (ghanima) fairly (a major point of contention in #BokoHaram through and through).

2. He was not going to fight himself and was just enjoying himself.

3. He was punishing small boys who misbehaved while sparing the grandees (serious accusations in a fundamentally "populist" movement with an egalitarian drive).

There is a structure here, from JASDJ to ISWAP: running a ghanima economy is difficult; matters of fairness keep cropping up.

Abu Musab insists that he has been designated by the Amir al Muminin (the IS Caliph). He calls all bandits and offenders to repent and insists that he is ready to give the flagship to his predecessor if the latter repents from his sins"

-Vincent Foucher

For a group with uncertain dynamics, Abu Musab sure has longevity.

Leadership has gone from himself to >> Ba Idrissa >> Abba Kaka >> Ba Lawan >> Abou Dawud >> Back to himself.

He has escaped several assassination attempts( in a bid to usurp power, Ba Kaka, arrested then executed Abu Musab's brother Ba Idrissa, the former then fled to one of the Tumbuns with loyal fighters).

Several leaders of the group have been executed as a result of this major shakeup.

So Abu Musab is back in charge as Wali of ISWAP

"More about the #ISWAP reshuffle, In Kanuri-language audio (symptomatic of the persisting Borno-centric nature of ISWAP), it is the new wali Abu Musab al Barnawi himself speaking (authenticated by contacts & with a voice resembling that of other authenticated audios).

He discusses why the former wali (presumably Ba Lawan, but he is not named) was removed.

1. He was not sharing the bounty (ghanima) fairly (a major point of contention in #BokoHaram through and through).

2. "He was not going to fight himself and was just enjoying himself"

3. He was punishing small boys who misbehaved while sparing the grandees (serious accusations in a fundamentally "populist" movement with an egalitarian drive).

There is a structure here, from JASDJ to ISWAP: running a ghanima economy is difficult; matters of fairness keep cropping up.

Abu Musab insists that he has been designated by the Amir al Muminin (the IS Caliph). He calls all bandits and offenders to repent and insists that he is ready to give the flagship to his predecessor if the latter repents from his sins"

-Vincent Foucher

It's really funny because just this morning, I was talking to someone about how foreign interest(The US and France) choose political stability over democracy, especially in Francophone countries, and how democratisation Should be a long term process as opposed to a short term one especially in countries with histories of autocracy.

Deby's son, Zakaria certain doesn't have the support his father had, and Militias and Jihadis would be certain to exploit this vacuum, we have a Libya situation on our hands guys.

Expect Zakaria in Abuja in the coming weeks and months.

Defence agencies should certainly be on the toes at the moment.

The current Director-General of the NIA was stationed in Chad before he was recalled to head the agency, so he has background knowledge and experience.

Tumultous times ahead.