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Eba50:
so u no sabi read to understand na wah oh

Mr man that does not know anything, read and learn.

If a terrorist kills people, the job of the army and police is to arrest him so that he can be tried and punished.

It is illegal to kill the terrorist without trial.

That does not mean that terrorism is not illegal.

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND OR DO I HAVE TO OPEN YOUR HEAD AND PUT IT INSIDE?

Kdon2:
But the people they are killing no international law for them ba? International law my ass

A pickpocket robs people in Lagos. The police arrests him. Someone said that the police should just shoot him. The policeman says that that will be against the law. The person replies, "Because robbing is not against the law"??


WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM?? WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN'T THINK?? WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS??

WHO SAID THAT THE KILLING BY THE TERRORISTS IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW? IS IT YOU??

Nwaikpe:
Do you know that these tactics are not working anymore?

No matter how hard you guys try to lie about the character and the beliefs of these terrorists in order to whitewash their religion, the world will still sees through it.

The world has waken up.

I think I will just start blocking people that quote me to write whatever rubbish is in their heads (things that have nothing to do with my post), because what the he ll is the meaning of this crap??

Teenaira:
But we don't have any war, so there shouldn't be war crime. Is kidnapping for ramson and killing unarmed civilians in thousands not against international law ?

Is it impossible for you guys to think??

[b]WHO SAID THAT KIDNAPPING IS NOT ILLEGAL?? ARE YOU THE PERSON SAYING THIS, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYBODY THAT SAID SO.

DI YOU THINK THAT THERE MUST BE A WAR BEFORE THERE ARE WAR CRIMES??

I really shouldn't be on nairaland because it seems it has been invaded by primary school kids.

Eba50:
so terrorists killing harmless peope are not committing war crimes bah.

JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THESE??

SO YOU SAT DOWN, THOUGHT AND DECIDED THAT TERRORISTS KILLING HARMLESS PEOPLE ARE NOT COMMITTING WAR CRIMES??

ARE YOU OKAY??

sben2308:
U are correct honestly but i throw this to u out of 100 Lagosian ,how many have access to this?
U call the call center for dead body and accident and come back after more dan 3hours still see the dead body
Abi na Gbagada expressway for dead body ,u go carry una self ask the LGA workers

I stand correct but Lagos still works for selected few
Until when am convince otherwise
Regards,

It is available to all Lagosians. I have used it many times and they came each time I called.

I have used it to call the Fire Service and I have used it to call the ambulance service (LASAMBUS) and there are very many testimonies.

I even posted a link to the thread about the time that a pregnant woman went into labour in a danfo and LASAMBUS came to carry her.

Previous threads


LASAMBUS Officials Rescue & Deliver Stranded Pregnant Woman In Labour
https://www.nairaland.com/7103465/lasambus-officials-rescue-deliver-stranded

Brave Biker Rescues Ambulance Stuck In Lagos Traffic (Video)
https://www.nairaland.com/8587243/brave-biker-rescues-ambulance-stuck

Lagos State Ambulance Service Responds To 44,152 Calls In 4 Years
https://www.nairaland.com/8450458/lagos-state-ambulance-service-responds

Kai! This is my last attempt, because it's clear that you don't know what you are talking about.

1) The United States and Israel not signatories to the Rome Statute. Nigeria is.

2) The United States is the most powerful military power in the world, Nigeria is not.

3) Many heads of state, like Milosovic and Taylor, have been jailed by the ICC.

4) Do you even know the difference between extra-judicial killings and the death penalty??

floss:
It's only talk and talk that ICC will do, nothing will happen... How many times have ICC declared trump wanted, same with Netanyahu but has anything happened?

It even got to the point that ICC was telling countries to help arrest Trump if he visits...

I'm just telling you that nothing will happen, obey the laws of your host country if you want your head to remain on your neck....

You can call barbaric or undiplomatic, truth remains that UN law or ICC law doesn't supercedes the law of any country.

floss:
When you set standard other countries follows your law if they want to be in your country...

Go and carry drugs in Indonesia and get caught, let me see how UN or your country government is going to save you...they will kpai the person and nothing will happen... They've made the world know that they don't entertain drugs peddlers... Same way if your country sets a standard

We don't negotiate with terrorist, we send them to God.

That way anyone going into terrorism will be aware, no one is coming to save you

Is there any international law that prohibits the death penalty?

Have you heard about the International Criminal Court and do you know what they do??

ALLNIGERIANSMAD:
we don hear you campaign influencer, how many Nigerians are they responding to like that even in that Lagos

Look at this one that nobody even knew before election season. He will trash this account after election and create a new one.

Anyway, I only answer people that have common sense and can reason properly.

Kdon2:
Why not just kill them. These people are killers. They are killing innocent people? Why not just kill them straight away ☹️

Because that would be a war crime and it is against international law.

Previous threads


LASAMBUS Officials Rescue & Deliver Stranded Pregnant Woman In Labour
https://www.nairaland.com/7103465/lasambus-officials-rescue-deliver-stranded

Brave Biker Rescues Ambulance Stuck In Lagos Traffic (Video)
https://www.nairaland.com/8587243/brave-biker-rescues-ambulance-stuck

Lagos State Ambulance Service Responds To 44,152 Calls In 4 Years
https://www.nairaland.com/8450458/lagos-state-ambulance-service-responds

Muhammad Armayau

Is Lagos State for Everybody or Only a Selected Few?

Around 3:20 a.m. last night, our 7-month-old baby girl started crying with a very high fever. She had been running a temperature for the past two days, but it became worse during the night. When I checked with the thermometer, her temperature had risen to 38.5°C.

My wife and I were worried. It was raining heavily, and without a car, we didn't know how we would get her to the hospital.

We used a towel soaked in water to gently wipe her body and help reduce the fever while we waited for the rain to ease.

Then I remembered the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency-LASEMA number, 112. I called at about 4:07 a.m., hoping they could help. A lady answered and asked about the emergency. I explained that my 7-month-old baby had a high fever, it was raining heavily, and we couldn't get to the hospital. She could hear my baby crying in the background.

I asked if they could send an ambulance. She immediately took my address and a nearby landmark.

At about 4:27 a.m., I received another call from the Lagos Emergency Response Call Centre. The officer informed me that an ambulance had already been dispatched. He asked how the team could locate my house because it was still dark and there might not be anyone outside to direct them. I asked if I could send my live location, but he explained that he was calling from the control centre and was not with the ambulance team.

By 5:07 a.m., the rain had stopped. I received another call informing me that the ambulance was waiting at Checkpoint Bus Stop. My wife, our baby, and I quickly took a motorcycle there, and to my surprise, the ambulance was already waiting for us.

The medical personnel welcomed us into the ambulance and asked about our baby's condition. They asked which hospital we normally used. I mentioned the new Primary Health Centre at Ilepo, but explained that it does not operate 24 hours a day. They agreed and advised us that the best option was to take our baby to GeneralHospital Badagry where she could receive proper emergency care.

I believe the ambulance couldn't reach our house because of the heavy rain and the poor condition of the Ibiye–Checkpoint–Magbon road to our street. This is another reason why that road needs urgent attention from the Lagos State Government and the local government. Good roads save lives during emergencies.

One thing that amazed me was that the ambulance came all the way from Badagry General Hospital about 24 kilometres to Checkpoint Bus Stop just to respond to our emergency. Wow. Honestly we are still shock. I only see this happen in developed countries.

For that, I sincerely commend the Lagos State Emergency Response Team. They proved that the emergency service is working and that lives truly matter.

The journey to the hospital was smooth. The Lagos–Badagry Expressway from Agbara Junction to Badagry is now a modern six-lane road with no potholes. Credit goes to former President Muhammadu Buhari for starting the project, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for continuing it, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for ensuring the reconstruction around Badagry, including the road leading to the General Hospital. Good roads make emergency response faster and more effective.

At the hospital, we were asked to open a new patient file because records from the Primary Health Centre could not be accessed there. I believe Lagos State should work towards creating a unified electronic medical record system so that patients' records can be accessed at any government hospital. I no there is existing smart card, we have that with our Lagos health insurance but had expired. I'll renew it.

We paid ₦2,000 to open a new file. The doctor attended to our baby immediately and requested a Full Blood Count (FBC) test and a malaria test, which cost ₦8,000. We also bought the prescribed injections and medications from the hospital pharmacy for about ₦4,000.

If our insurance is still active the total we will pay is 1,400.

Apart from these, we paid nothing else. There were no consultation charges and no ambulance fee. That is taxpayers' money working for the people. God bless people that paying their tax oo. You're saving lives.

I saw a lot Work going in the hospital. Omo Badagry hospital is very neat oo.

My Appeal

- Please construct the Ibiye–Checkpoint–Magbon road.

- Employ more doctors at Badagry General Hospital.

- Continue improving service delivery in our government hospitals. The staff are trying, but more can still be done.

- Make the Primary Health Centre at Ilepo operate 24 hours a day to handle emergencies.

- Please improve electricity supply in our community, which has been poor since January.

Finally, I appreciate the ongoing development in Badagry, the road projects, the rehabilitation of the roundabout, and other infrastructure upgrades. These projects are making a difference. I hope to see even more public infrastructure that will improve healthcare, economic growth, and the quality of life for everyone.

Thank you, Lagos State Emergency Response Team, and thank you to everyone who works every day to save lives. Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, FCA I saw ambulance you donated to Badagry General Hospital. they put into use and they're saving lives. Thank you so much

Truly Lagos is working for all.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4905130559762865&id=100007979070030

My post from April 4, 2022.

Some crazy people claim that Boko Haram was created by Muhammadu Buhari in order to make Nigeria ungovernable for Goodluck Jonathan, while some other crazy people claim that Boko Haram was created by Goodluck Jonathan in order to distract people from his incompetence and mismanagement of the economy. Isn't that amazing?


If this is true then how come Boko Haram has existed since 2006, long before Goodluck Jonathan became president and it continues to exist today, long after Goodluck Jonathan ceased to be president?

How come Boko Haram has wreaked havoc in Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Mali? Was Goodluck Jonathan also president in those countries?


By the way, the "ungovernable" statement was not made by Muhammadu Buhari. It was made by Lawal Kaita, a PDP chieftain that was opposed to both Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari. Lawal Kaita and his group believed that a northerner should have been PDP's candidate in the 2011 election, to complete Yar'Adua's tenure, because the PDP constitution stated that the position should be rotated and he believed that it was the North's turn to be president. That's why he was opposed to Goodluck Jonathan. He was opposed to Buhari because he and his crew did not trust Buhari because Buhari jailed them when he was military dictator in the 1980s. That's why his committee selected Atiku Abubakar or Ibrahim Babangida to take over from Goodluck Jonathan in 2011. It was spin doctors that worked hard to link the statement to Buhari, but it was not made by him. It was made by Lawal Kaita.

Anyway, just check out this nonsense below.

This is my post from November 14, 2025.

WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHY? and HOW?

People have always been asking who, what, why, when and how. It has puzzled me because I can easily see the answers.

In fact, I consider people that ask these questions to be unserious people. They don't really want to know the answers, they just want to attack people that they hate.

People ask who funds the terrorists in the north? How do they get such sophisticated weapons? Why can't the Nigerian Armed Forces, which easily defeated Maitatsine, Liberian, Sierra Leonean and Biafran rebels and which has consistently been praised during UN operations, easily defeat the terrorists in the north? What exactly do the terrorists in the north want? Etc.

You see, the sponsors of the insurrection in Nigeria have always been known. They've been known from the beginning.

However, I realise that I have not written about them since 2016, so here is a summary.

1) Al-Qaeda:

Osama Bin-Ladin came from a wealthy Saudi family. His father owned a large construction company and had close ties to the Saudi Royal Family.

Osama attended many schools in the 1970s, but he left school in 1979 to go and fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He was one of the Muslim fighters that came from all over the world to fight against the Soviets. They received a lot of support from the CIA and that supported was routed through the Pakistani intelligence services.

Bin Ladin had a lot of money, so he created his own group that fought against the Soviets.

In 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait, Bin Ladin offered to use his fighters to defend Saudi Arabia, but the Saudis turned to the US coalition instead.

Osama Bin Ladin was very angry that there were US troops in Saudi Arabia. He felt that it was a desecration of the Holy Land. The United States military set up barracks in Saudi Arabia (to fight the Iraqis) and Osama felt that they were living in sin in the Holy Land. He therefore dedicated his fighters/organisation to fighting against the US and expelling them from Saudi Arabia.

Al-Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center in New York in 1993. This was the incident that brought Al-Qaeda to public attention. They parked a bomb-laden Toyota mini-bus in the underground parking lot of the World Trade Center and set off the bombs.

I have told you that I woke up one day in 1998 to hear the crazy news that American embassies in Africa had been bombed. Al-Qaeda set off massive bombs in the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

In response the Clinton Administration bombed targets in Sudan and Afghanistan and gave Sudan a deadline to expel Osama Bin Ladin (it was later discovered that Sudan had already expelled him and the target that was bombed in Sudan was a civilian factory and had nothing to do with Al-Qaeda. The owner of the factory sued the US Government and won).

In 2000 Al-Qaeda put bombs on a speed boat and used it to ram an American warship, the USS Cole, in a port in Yemen.

Of course everybody knows about the September 11th, 2001 attacks.

In 2003 Osama Bin Ladin made a broadcast in which he said that Muslims were being killed in certain countries and he called on Muslims to rise up against the governments of those countries. Nigeria was one of the countries that he listed (I have posted his 2003 message on Nairaland in the post, but I'm too lazy to go and look for it). Everybody thought that he was mad (he obviously was mad).

In 2009 Al-Jazeera broadcast videos of the killing of Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria. Osama Bin Ladin made another broadcast calling on Muslims in Nigeria to rise up against their government.

It looked like Boko Haram was finished after the Nigerian Government cracked down on them in 2009, but Al-Qaeda offered them money, weapons and training. Shekau, the new leader of Boko Haram, pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda and the terror group began an even worse series of attacks in 2010/2011.

2) ISIS:

Sadam Hussein was a member of the Bath Party, a socialist party that was popular in Iraq and Syria. Remember that I told you that the left does not emphasise religion? Well, religion was not important to Saddam Hussein. In fact, there was a funny and embarrassing incident that occurred when Saddam had to pray in public. He did not know the prayers (remember, Muslims are supposed to pray 5 times a day).

That's why you know that US officials were talking nonsense when they claimed that Saddam had something to do with the 9/11 attacks. Osama Bin Ladin and his crew hated Saddam. Many Muslim extremists believed that Saddam was used by the US to attack Iran during the Iran-Iraq War and they hated Saddam.

But anyway, the US invaded Iraq in 2003 and this brought in many foreign Muslim fighters that came to fight the Americans.

Some Iraqi Muslims also became militant and took up arms to fight the Americans. One of them was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He formed the Islamic State (IS). The goal of the Islamic State was to form a worldwide Islamic Caliphate. The group believes that it represents all Muslims, but in actual fact most Muslims reject them.

It has many branches and it us most known by the acronym of one of its branches Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

There was a split in Boko Haram. The son of Mohammed Yusuf, Habib Yusuf (aka Abu Musab al-Barnawi), said that Abbakar Shekau had become too extreme. He said that Shekau was killing Muslims and kidnapping children and that this was wrong. He said that Boko Haram's actions were unislamic.

Abu Musab al-Barnawi created a new group and pledged allegiance to IS. His new group was called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). They get money, training, equipment and other forms of support from other Islamic State branches around the world.

I have been writing since 2011 that the terrorists in northern Nigeria are not trying to break away from Nigeria (as some thought back then), rather they are trying to take over the whole of West Africa (including southern Nigeria) in order to make it part of a global caliphate. Take note of the names of the organisations that I will mention in this post.

ISWAP fought against both Boko Haram and the Nigerian Army. Indeed, at the beginning, ISWAP almost destroyed Boko Haram.

ISWAP fighters cornered Abubakar Shekau (the leader of Boko Haram) and Shekau killed himself in order to evade capture. Many Boko Haram fighters switched allegiance to ISWAP.

The only thing that prevented Boko Haram from totally collapsing was the fact that it was receiving support from Al-Qaeda.

The other groups in this list are based in Africa.

3) AQIM:

This was one of those issues that I talked about quite often in the 1990s.

You see, the United States of America says that it is a great democracy and that it supports democracy all over the world, so why did this happen? (That's the question that I often asked people in the 1990s).

Africa was democratising in the 1990s. Many African countries that were either military dictatorships or civilian one-party states were embracing multi-party democracy. Algerian was one of such countries.

Like the others, Algeria had a major election in 1992. The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was poised to win the election and I remember clearly that the United States and the Algerian Government did everything to frustrate the FIS.

It didn't work and Algerians overwhelmingly voted for the FIS. Then, suddenly, there was a (US-backed) military coup. The new military leaders imprisoned President Chadli Bendjedid (a former military officer who had been president since 1979) and banned the FIS.

(Imagine that! The US that is a beacon of democracy now supporting a military coup).

Obviously the coup was staged to prevent the Islamic party from gaining power via the ballot box. As a result, many armed Islamic groups sprang up.

Algeria was a mess in the 1990s. There were constant bomb explosions, fighting, etc. It kind of seemed like it faded out in the early 2000s, but then it reappeared during the War on Terror.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) evolved from one of those groups that fought the Algerian Government in the 1990s.

The Maghreb is basically the north-west region of Africa. It includes Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania and Western Sahara (aka Sahrawi Republic). AQIM is mostly active in Algeria, Libya and Mauritania.

Remember what I said about a global caliphate? AQIM leads Al-Qaeda's attempt to conquer the whole of north-west Africa.

AQIM has focused on kidnapping for ransom as a means of raising funds and is estimated to have raised more than $50 million in the last decade. This organisation is one of the main sources of support for terrorist groups in Africa. They provide support to Boko Haram in Nigeria, Al-Shabab in Somalia and JNIM in Mali (in fact, JNIM is an offshoot of AQIM). They provide money, weapons and training to these groups.

Since 2011 there have often been reports of "white men" being seen assisting Boko Haram militants and bandits in northern Nigeria. I have a strong suspicion that these "white men" are AQIM militants.


4) Al-Shabaab

This section basically contains summaries of many of my old posts. You can search for the original posts if you want more information.

I told you that East Africa was one of the venues of the proxy wars between the East and West blocks (Soviet Union vs the United States). Somalia was ruled by a dictator called General Mohammed Siad Barre. Somalia and Barre were backed by the United States/CIA.

Ethiopia was ruled by a dictator called Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam. Ethiopia and Mengistu were backed by the Soviet Union/KGB.

I've posted videos (on this thread) of Barre visiting Washington and meeting Reagan. I've also posted videos of Mengistu visiting Moscow and meeting with Brezhnev. I posted videos of Barre threatening Ethiopia, the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union and I posted videos of Mengistu threatening Somalia, the United States and NATO).

Somalia and Ethiopia had direct skirmishes, but most of the conflict was prosecuted using proxies. Somalia supported Ethiopian rebels and Ethiopia supported Somalian rebels.

The Cold War came to an end and the two superpowers stopped supporting their proxies. Siad Barre fled to Lagos when rebels were marching on his presidential palace and Mengistu fled to Zimbabwe when rebels were marching on his presidential palace.

The Ethiopians were able to manage the situation bettter than the Somalians..Eritrea peacefully broke away from Ethiopia after Mengistu fled. There have been a few wars between Ethiopia and Eritrea since 1991 and there have civil wars within Ethiopia, but the country has remained relatively stable.

Somalia has fared worse. There has been no country-wide stable government in Somalia since Barre fled in 1991.

As I told you, all the rebel groups that chased Barre away, started fighting against each other as soon as Barre left. Somalia became a country of warlords with each warlord controlling a section of the country.

I created several posts (and took over an entire thread) about the United Nations intervention in Somalia in the early and mid-1990s. This intervention ended in disaster when the UN and most especially the United States became embroiled in a war with one of the most powerful warlords Mohammed Farah Aideed. Firstly Pakistani troops were killed by Aideed's forces. US troops tried to capture Aideed, but this resulted in several US soldiers being killed and their bodies were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.

This frightened the Clinton Administration which had promised (during the election campaign) that it would keep out of foreign wars. This was one of the reasons why they did not intervene in the genocide in Rwanda.

So Somalia became a lawless country and remained so throughout the 1990s, despite the efforts of the UN to restore order. Most of the UN backed governments had to operate from outside the country or from small parts of Mogadishu.

The Sharia courts in Somalia decided that the country was too unstable and unsafe. They formed an alliance, set up a military force and were able to take control of most of the country. This was in the early 2000s.


As I said earlier, there were several UN backed or internationally recognjsed governments of Somalia, but these governments either operated from outside Somalia or they only controlled small parts of Mogadishu.

Ethiopia (backed by the United States) decided to invade Somalia to install the Transition Federal Government all over the country.

The Ethiopians (supported by a small covert force of American soldiers) was able to overthrow the Islamic Courts Union and take over the country, but this immediately led to an insurgency. Jihadist groups began a massive terror campaign against the Ethiopians. The biggest of these groups was Al-Shabaab, which was created by some former fighters of the Islamic Courts Union and others.

Al-Shabaab was able to recapture much of the country from the Ethiopians and Americans. They inflicted severe losses of the Ethiopians through their bombing and terror campaign and the Ethiopians pulled out of Somalia in 2009. The Ethiopian presence in Somalia lasted from 2006 till 2009.

I have written that various international organisations and countries have tried to restore peace in Somalia. Well, it was time for the African Union to take up that role. The AU created the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), a peacekeeping force that was to go into Somalia, take over from the Ethiopians and help the government to restore peace. AMISOM soldiers came from East and Central African countries (like Uganda and Burundi) and Nigeria. Al Shabaab began targetting the African countries that contributed troops to AMISOM. There were bomb attacks in Kampala, Uganda and Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. Al-Shabaab also began assisting Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Kenyan troops invaded Somalia in order to fight Al-Shabaab. They later integrated their troops into AMISOM. This led to one of the most infamous terrorist attacks in Africa. We monitores that terror attack live on Nairaland.

The Westgate Mall is one of the biggest shopping malls in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Shabaab militants crossed into Kenya and attacked the mall. We could see videos and pictures that were taken by shoppers that were trapped inside the mall. The first people to respond to the attack were armed volunteers who lived in the neighbourhood.

People from all over Africa, especially Kenya, were on that Nairaland thread. Unfortunately the Somali super troll, Ayanle, was also on the thread

The issue with Ayanle (and his hundred accounts) was that he believed that Somalis were not black and that they were of a race that was superior to blacks (whom he called Bantus). So he would attack threads and completely derail them with his belief that Somalis were superior to blacks. He was a very virulent troll and nobody could stop him (he's probably the worst troll in Nairaland's history).

However, we stopped him on that day.

I was angry. People had just died, Kenyans on the thread werw worried and this Ayanle character was trolling them. I got the moderator to attack Ayanle. Ayanle went through many accounts (that's why you'll see many blank pages), but I was determined. After a while the moderator was also very determined and I didn't have to do anything again. For the first time in Nairaland's history, Ayanle was worn out. He stopped attacking the thread.

90 pages of live monitoring of the Westgate Mall attack by people from all over Africa.

Kenya Mall Under Attack From Islamic Terrorists (Pictures) 
https://www.nairaland.com/1448459/kenya-mall-under-attack-islamic


Al-Shabaab has received money, training and other forms of support from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Al-Shabaab has also provided training and other forms of support to Boko Haram. Boko Haram militants have been to Somalia to learn from and train with Al-Shabaab.

5) JNIM

I have told you about how the Malian jihadist group, Ansar Dine, took over large swathes of territory and this led to an international force being deployed to Mali to repel them. Boko Haram fighters were seen in Mali, fighting side by side with Ansar Dine militants. They kidnapped and ambassador in Mali and engaged in other terror attacks. They could be distinguished from other fighters because they spoke Hausa, rather than the local language.

You might also remember the 2016 attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso. An international conference was taking place there and rumours spread that Aliko Dangote was trapped in the hotel. However, Dangote denied that he was in the hotel and said that he could not travel to the conference. The attack was carried out by the Sahelian branch of AQIM.

Ansar Dine, the Sahelian branch of AQIM and other jihadist groups merged and created Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM).

JNIM has become one of the most powerful terrorist groups in West Africa. They have imposed a blockade of Mali and people cannot get petrol because of them.

There was a report last week (I don't know if it is true) that elements of JNIM were in Nigeria.


6) Other sources.

I have told you a lot about these other sources.

I told you that one of the reasons why Boko Haram hates the Navy Base on Lake Chad is because it affects their revenue. Lake Chad is a huge source of fish and Boko Haram taxes the fisherfolk. You must pay Boko Haram before you can fish. However, the Nigerian Military disrupts this source of funds and Boko Haram does not like it.

I told you about the time that Boko Haram invaded the navy base. They captured some naval ratings and executed them while filming the execution (they released the video to journalists. The Army came a few days later and chased them away.

In fact, in the early days, Boko Haram also engaged in bank robberies in order to raise cash.

They've also made money from kidbapping people and they also toll roads (you have to pay them before you can pass). They also tax people in areas that they capture.


Propaganda and spin

So ignore the propaganda and spin, Boko Haram was not funded by Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, Sultan of Sokoto, APC, PDP, northern elders, etc. In fact, Boko Haram, ISWAP and other terrorists in the north would kill these people if they catch them. These things that I wrote above are the real sources of funds and weapons of Boko Haram, ISWAP and other terrorists in Northern Nigeria.

Previous thread:

Troops Repel ISWAP Attack, Recover Camcorder Linked To Foreign Terrorists
https://www.nairaland.com/8708366/troops-repel-iswap-attack-recover

The terrorist that was in the camcorder video has now been arrested.

Zagazola Makama @ZagazOlaMakama

Foreign ISIS Arab Terrorists Arrested as Troops Intensify Offensive following fails attack in Borno

Military operations across Nigeria’s North East have entered a new phase following the failed attempt by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters to infiltrate Cross Kauwa in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, with troops recording what security sources describe as a significant intelligence breakthrough through the arrest of a suspected foreign ISIS operative.

The development comes after troops of Operation HADIN KAI successfully repelled a coordinated terrorist attack on Cross Kauwa, forcing the insurgents to abandon equipment and retreat under sustained military pressure.

Security sources told Zagazola Makama that troops immediately commenced aggressive exploitation operations after securing the area, extending search and pursuit missions along identified withdrawal routes used by the fleeing terrorists.

During the exploitation exercise conducted on Monday, troops recovered additional operational materials believed to have been abandoned during the insurgents’ hasty withdrawal. Among the items recovered were high-frequency hand-held radios (HHR), communication equipment considered crucial to the command and control structure of the terrorist group.

According to the sources, intelligence gathered from the recovered materials enabled troops to expand the pursuit deep into the Lake Chad Islands (LCI) axis, extending operations towards Abadam Local Government Area.

The operation culminated in the arrest of a fleeing foreign suspect believed to be an Arab of Moroccan origin with suspected links to the Islamic State (ISIS).

Military sources disclosed that the suspect had earlier come under intelligence scrutiny following forensic exploitation conducted jointly with international partners on video footage extracted from a camcorder recovered after the Cross Kauwa encounter.

The camcorder, according to the sources, belonged to a terrorist cameraman who was killed during the failed assault on Cross Kauwa.

Security experts explained that extremist groups frequently deploy media operatives alongside assault teams to document attacks for propaganda, recruitment and operational assessment. The recovery of the recording device reportedly provided investigators with valuable visual intelligence, leading to the identification of the foreign suspect.

Following his arrest, the suspect was immediately evacuated from the operational area aboard a Nigerian Air Force helicopter to a secure military facility where he is currently undergoing intensive interrogation and intelligence exploitation.

Military authorities are expected to examine the suspect’s role within the terrorist organisation, his movement into Nigeria, possible connections with ISIS’s wider transnational network, and any involvement in training, operational planning or media production for ISWAP.

The arrest is a major intelligence breakthrough capable of providing fresh insights into the structure, financing and international linkages of terrorist organisations operating within the Lake Chad Basin.

The development also lends further weight to longstanding assessments by security agencies that foreign nationals continue to provide varying degrees of support to extremist groups operating in the region, particularly in specialised areas such as training, communications, media production, explosives handling and strategic coordination.

While ISWAP remains largely composed of local fighters recruited from communities within the Lake Chad Basin, intelligence gathered over the years has indicated the presence of foreign facilitators from Iraq, Somalia and Morrocco serving as technical specialists linked to the wider Islamic State network.

Military sources stressed that the interrogation of the suspect is still ongoing and that operational security considerations prevent the release of additional details at this stage.

Officials noted that information obtained during the intelligence exploitation process could support ongoing counter-terrorism operations, identify additional terrorist cells and expose cross-border movement routes used by insurgent elements.

The latest development comes as Operation HADIN KAI continues sustained offensive operations across Borno State aimed at denying terrorists freedom of movement, dismantling logistics networks and preventing further attempts to regain operational footholds in the Lake Chad region.

Foreign ISIS Arab Terrorists Arrested as Troops Intensify Offensive following fails attack in Borno

By Zagazola Makama

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Parachoko:
So you don't know the year Ojukwu partake in a Presidential Election in Nigeria?

President Shehu Shagari pardoned Ojukwu and Gowon and Ojukwu returned to Nigeria in 1982. He contested a senatorial election in 1983 on the platform of the NPN, but lost the election.

He contested presidential election for the first time in 2003.