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santuse:
But this guy might be making some sense in his investigations, if we can take critical look at what he is saying and leave sentiments coz technology is improving everyday

Dude, really? You're buying that "infrasonic" crap? 'Tell you what, I have a bridge I want to sell to you.

#UseYourBrain.

"High Energy Infrasonic Radiation"?.........okay.......wait first.......

LMAO!!! Hahaha hahahahahahahahahaha haha! !!!!

Chei!! No, it was voltron !

[quote author=jpphilips post=28987657][/quote]Let's see, how about the implementation and expansion of the same NIPP projects, breaking and privatisation of PHCN, upgrade and expansion of Transmission system and outsourcing to Manitoba Power Coy, the Gas Revolution that ACTUALLY resolved the gas supply issue OBJ failed to take care of, upgrade and expansion of rail system nationwide, upgrade of airports nationwide, the agricultural revolution, and of course the growth of the Nigerian economy, placing it at the very top in the African continent and one of the fastest growing in the world ( remember MINT after BRIC? ). Military wise, yes we saw upgrades of the military during the Niger Delta insurgency. Hell, I give kudos to OBJ for the purchase of those Mi-35 Hinds stationed in PHC, along with amphibious assets. But the current BH insurgency have seen this administration have seen a two - fold increase in arms supplied and funding. We have seen our military change from a conventional force to a true Counter Insurgency and Terrorism Force. COIN and Counter -Terror trainings are now compulsory. Special Operations may have been born during the ND insurgency, but it was under this administration that it truely evolved to its right state. Oh, and did I mention that this administration has actually invested heavily in our own local defence industry? The OBJ administration basically gave us the OBJ-006 rifle (Nigerian copy of the Type-56 Rifle). The GEJ administration gave us the GULMA UAV, Igirigi MRAP, Marom Dolphin-DICON Combat vests, locally produced Navy gunboats, and a soon to be assembled OP in our own ship yard in Lagos (I will not add proforce vehicles or the Ikri MRAP). So yeah, this administration has performed.


As for the issue of the use of soft skinned vehicles, I can't really say if it's as a result of corruption, or probably the need to maintain high mobility on the side of our troops. But we have now seen the introduction of new MRAPS into that theatre. They're trickling in, but it's a start.


Finally, if you say that you've not seen any Navy Augusta 109 in flight, then sorry bro, but I'm not sure you live in PHC AT ALL. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry knows that the A-109s are Naval Aviation's work horses, and spend so much time in the air that I'm beginning to suspect that Naval Aviators type - rated on that helo have clocked way more hours than their NAF counterparts who fly same bird at Enugu. As for the Mi-35s still stationed in PHC, those were NAFs first Attack helos, stationed close to 2nd Brigade (a former air - mobility brigade), home of the JTF. Last time I checked, OP. Pulo Shield still hasn't been terminated, and our water ways are still not completely safe. We need those attack helos to back up our soldiers in the creeks, just like they did in PH in 2007. Besides, the Alpha Jets initially redeployed to PHC are now up north, and that theatre receives later versions of the Mi-24, including the Hi-tech Mi-35M hinds.

free2ryhme:
The Lion of Bourdillon has spoken

Gbam!

More like the Cocaine - sniffing drug addict. He must've been quite high when he said that.

malele:
1000 is not enough

It won't be our standard issue. It's probably meant for Army Special Forces.

BashBB:
well, thats wad I saw them holding when I was their.....I only said wad I saw....

K, but I'm pretty sure you may have mistaken the Galil Ace for probably the M4 cos they have similar butt stock. The BRI definitely don't use the later.

BashBB:
Cameroonian soldiers appear to be better armed and more motivated than our NA....each cameroonian soldier has about 8-11 extra cartridge plus d one attached to d gun......their BRI's use the M16A4 gas carbine....wchich is d standard American assault rifle used by US soldiers in d field now....this fact is according to what I saw while their as a refugee about a month ago.....

The BRI do not use the M16A4. Standard issue in this conflict is the Galil Ace rifle and Tavor CTAR-21, same weapons used by DSS teams and Nigerian Navy SBS operators in the NE. No M16 is being used at all.

coolhamid:
The River People would rather stick with the Known Devil(Amaechi) than the Unknown Angel(wike)...

Ooooh you're in for a shocker next year . Just kukuma book your seat at election tribunal next year cos una go cry tire.

PassingShot:
Sign of bitterness again from PDP.

They know they will lose next election, so they're throwing mud everywhere.

With the candidate APC is fielding for Rivers, pray he doesn't get eaten alive. It's already known: PDP will retake Rivers State.

dj187:
Amaechi remains my mentor till thy kingdom come, yes he lost d VP slot but he beat GEJ & his ass lickers black & blue during d period of oppression in his State, he fought d federal power to stand still until d shameful let him be, PDP ntoooooooor we are preparing for ur burial ceremony come February 2015

Care to explain how he beat GEJ when a simple Police Commissioner (Mbu) kept messing Amaechi up?

laBarca:
Just as the name Buhari is giving PDP Headache at the National level, just as the name Tinubu is giving PDP serious sleepless night in Southern region level, the name Amaechi is creating problems within PDP in Rivers State chapter.

Yep. Keep living in lala land. You will wake up after your loss next year.

coolhamid:
Nice one Prof... Yoruba people would say" He who is grateful for today's gift would surely receive another gift tomorrow"
No doubt, No politician in Nigeria can be compared to Tinubu when it comes to Political sagacity".

Yup. And cocaine snifficity.

jpphilips:
I thought we have grown past this petty jingoism. NNS Andoni was a 4.5yr project that Jonathan was opportune to commission in 2012, the design print and contract was awarded in September 2007, was Jonathan the President or acting president of Nigeria in Sept 2007?
How is it Jonathan's brain child?
NNS centenary was just handed over to us by the Chinese, have you bothered to find out when those orders were placed? and how long it took before completion?

About the Mi35 hind you guys just received, well, it is one thing having the hardware, it is another keeping it operational, I am aware Nigeria has a lot of APC's but how many are operational in the NE? the cost of running Diesel in one APC, a corrupt general will rather pocket the money and send the boys on patrol in a soft skin Hilux (far cheaper), both of us are aware those are serious possibilities, same is applicable to our Airforce.

As a matter of fact, the NAF base in Portharcourt still have some helos, but are they operational? we hear the sordid stories coming out from the NE, if all our soldiers are all operating from APC's regardless of the type, believe me, we wouldn't have had over 3,000 casualties and counting.

Regardless of whose administration was behind what defence project, shouldnt the GEJ administration be commended for providing the necessary support that brought it to fruition compared to some previous administration that would've scrapped it? Shouldn't same administration be commended for its investment in our local defence industry?

By the way, I never said we had APCs in adequate numbers. Read my very first post on this thread. There's still a heavy reliance on soft skinned vehicles, and I've been quite vocal on the need to introduce armoured vehicles, though there are concerns of trading mobility for protection.

As for NAF Special Operations Base, PHC, I can assure you that most of NAF Mi-35 attack helicopters a very much operational, and so are the Navy's Augusta A-109s stationed there, and the Navy's Augusta AW 139 SAR bird. As a matter of fact, sorties are flown almost everyday. Aircrafts in storage are the Bo-105s and a single Mi-35 helo.

jpphilips:
The Gulma was supposed to be at the fore front of operation Pulo shield, since the days of militancy, as evidenced in most parts of the world, however, since the project was completed, we are yet to see, hear or come across images from the Gulma viz, pipeline surveillance, failure enough for you?
Mind you, if ever such images exist, I will be the the first to know, pls don't ask me how?

WRONG! What were supposed to have been deployed for Operation Pulo Shield was the Isreali Aerostar UAV and Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV). The GULMA project came in much later. As a matter of fact, it was during this current insurgency that it was commissioned with flight tests done, NOT during the Niger-Delta insurgency.

jpphilips:
pictures pls! !

1) Delivery of new Mi-35 attack helicopter
2) Igirigi MRAP made in Nigeria
3) Big foot MRAP
4) Streit Spartan MK3

jpphilips:
pictures pls! !

1)NNS Andoni Made in Nigeria GEJ
2)NNS Centenary F91 A
3)NNS Centenary
4)NNS centenary

Video link to launch of NNS Unity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b03OGR6Nx4c

APC Mexican standoff

wengerjay:
Mimiko has totally lost his popularity in Ondo state.
He is not qualified to be a mouthpiece for the yorubas.He is no more relevant in his state nt to talk of the whole south-west.
Ask the artisans,the market women,drivers and civil servant in ondo state,they wil tell u mimiko will meet his waterloo on the day of presidential election.
He is decieving jonathan that he is going to deliver his state and southwest as a whole.

So he has lost your "popularity" contest because he stated the obvious? Do you even represent all the indigenous of the SW? Even without saying jack, recent elections ought to give u an idea of what's going to happen next year. Just don't cry too much on nairaland then

And care to explain to the house how GULMA was a colossal failure? I really really want to read what you have to say. After all, you're a "pro " in that field.

jpphilips:
The things Shagari bought, we saw, OBJ? we saw, Jonathan? His generals grew fatter we are yet to see, does it not bother you?
I am yet to see any made in Nigeria MRAP and please don't tell me about Igirigi, that toy cannot pass to be exported to ordinary Niger republic, how has it fared in the NE? do we really have sufficient MRAPs like you claimed yet all the pictures we see are basically soft skin Hilux trucks and probably a few Cobras?
Did I read your UAV part? thought we are discussing real life issues not Vision 2050, your Gulma UAV, if at all it has ever worked would have been at the fore front of operation Pulo shield in area of oil and gas infrastructure surveillance, at least I have played around that terrain long enough to know that the Gulma project was a colossal failure.

Will be best to be mission specific in eulogizing those artifacts you guys parade as hard wares. By the way, I heard Jonathan is ordering for J17, lol, that one will be vision 2516, lol

Sure....you did not see the new OPVs being rolled out? Or the new Mi35 attack helicopters rolling in, even if in trickles? Or the locally made Navy gunboats, Igirigi MRAPS. Even the NNS Aradu along with other once abandoned vessels were revamped under this Administtation, not its predecessors. As for the new contracts for helicopters and JF-17 jets, anyone with a little idea of defence procurement will tell you that new systems are not just plucked off the shelf or a parking lot. It takes a Lil while.

jpphilips:
Ihejirika was excellent, how did Jonathan make him? did he even notice his valor at the epicenter of the insurgence? does he even know that Ihejirika was irreplaceable?
Military funding? are you kidding me? 2 x 30 rounds magazine of AK 47 for soldiers at the front? Don't flatter yourself, increasing military funding with thieves standing by to swallow amount to nothing.

Go and peruse Shagari's military procurement at least you are aware who bought your NNS Aradu, the only Nigerian standing Frigate, or OBJ's procurement, the J7 aircrafts and the naval fleet that forced the militants to accept amnesty, Jonathan's procurement is only on paper and nothing more, the soldiers are complaining and deserting and you are telling me nonsense about fat military spending, or are you by any chance a beneficiary of the spurious military spending?

that reminds me were you not the dumb officer who does not know the difference between an "insurrection" and a "civil war" two years ago? let me just hope that you have improved over the years else don't quote my post again.

Ihejirika was an excellent Officer. Hell, I even knew him at War College, Abuja were he bagged the award as overall 3rd Best Graduating Student. And as proof of GEJ'S seriousness, Ihejirika was kept TWICE by this administration. I dare say he would've been the next CDS. BUT his success got to his head, so much that he refused to take orders again from the cDS Admiral Old Ibrahim, a very fine Officer and the brain behind the Nigeria Navy's transformation to a well oiled mean sea fighting machine. THAT is what got Ihejirika fired. And yes, he was replaceable.

As for your claim that the FG hasn't funded the military, it is total hogwash!! It is thanks to this administration that the military hasn't only witness an increase in its funding and the acquisition of new platforms, but increased investment in our local defence industries. Thanks to this administration, now we build gunboats, MRAPS, and UAVs, and very soon OPVs.

That said, I must admit that there is a problem within the military heirachy. Speaking as someone close to law enforcement (Police Force), there's corruption in the Force, but the NPF ' S procurement process is so far ahead of the military (Army to be specific) that it even baffles cops themselves. Before the FG'S intervention, the Police Force had a far superior Signals Corp, the BEST EOD team in the country, and even more powerful gunboats. In some operations, Army troops borrowed police personal body armour. So far things have gotten better, but there's need to sanitizer the military ' s procurement system (xcept that of the Navy; they're great).

Well said Pointb

Anyway, here's my take on being a man:

1) Living up to your responsibilities
2) protecting and caring for your loved ones and probably dependents
3) being a firm but fair leader in and outside your home

Falling for every whims of a woman does NOT make you man. Probably a sissy with a mangina.

?.........huh......so it's basically how to be a man.....from a woman's point of view.....riiiiight. .

Damn you APC clowns are desperate .

jpphilips:
Now this is a typical example of the dumb Nigerian I was complaining about.
You want the army to change but you want to re elect an incompetent commander in chief?

First four years 2 of your cousins escaped death and you want to give Jonathan another 4yrs abi?

They wont be lucky next time.
Imagine the kind of bingo I share the same passport with? "My fellow citizens" is really an insult this days.

Oh please zip it!! What makes GEJ incompetent? The same administration you insult was behind some of our very best class of service chiefs from Petrini to Ihejirika. The same administration has been responsible for increasing defence funding. True the appointment of the likes of Badeh has been a mistake, but I'm pretty sure it will be addressed. That said, this administration has outperformed it's predecessors, even that of that Islamic fanatic + BH loving cry baby clown called Buhari.

Samabu07:
I read the whole lengthy letter. If the authenticity of that letter is verified to be true then there might be a country.
For Top Military Officers to tell what is not right to the Office of the President and to the Nigerian People, there should be relieved of their duties.
It battles me so much that Badeh whose from Adamawa can't do anything meaningful. Gosh, ever since he shouted down the Ministers of Defence I desist him from that day. His physical appearance is another reason to retire him.
I pity the poor innocent Nigerians used as sacrificial lambs...

AVM Badeh is nothing but a fat buffoon. Have u ever heard him speak on TV? As CAS, while there was clamour for Combat Aircrafts, that clown went to buy one single Boeing 737 for commercial use! And the damn plane isn't even Next Gen (700-800 series)!! No combat aircraft, no transport helicopters. The Defence Minister he even had the audacity to shout at is Gen. Gasau (rtd), an experienced old guard and Nigeria's legendary spy chief, just like the likes of Albert Horsfall of DSS-SSS. I even overhead the whole reason for all that was cos Gasau detected the mess within procurement and demanded that all contracts pass through the Ministry of Defence.

Reference:
I doubt this was written by a serving officer in the capacity he mentions for the simple reason that it is short on details. Just as a matter of fact. One example. The infantry soldier regards his weapon in combat as his soul. Why can't this person be specific as to the inferiority or indequacy of the weapon systems provided viz the insurgents and its direct influence in the theatre or specific engagements.

It is not unusual for battlefield feedback to get through to the QM and adjustments can be made but these have to be specific. Are their AK's jamming in the dust, are the magazines inadequate. How many crates of 7.62 does each section carry. Transport, food, water, flak jackets. These are the things a typical soldier is concerned about. A typical soldier will not know the intricacies of command and control and he is not interested.

I feel the problems depicted occur in the offices not on the field. The ultimate impact may be felt there but I can wager that there are power struggles going on within mid to upper level command and control, that is responsible for this. The broad amount of information collated in this report is just beyond that of a typical serving soldier in the theatre and its lack of detail speaks of something more akin to politics rather than operational.

The problem faced by the military is glaring for all to see, and I'm pretty sure this letter was written by an Officer. Although I'm a staunch supporter of the current GEJ administration, these complaints are totally authentic as I've heard it over and over again from soldiers and mobile police men on rotation from the battle front. Our troops, though brave, are currently outnumbered and outgunned. BH have the luxury of owning vehicles armed with HMGs and AA guns while our own troops own vehicles armed with mere GPMGs with AGLs just trickling in very very little numbers. And with reports i recieved from a MOPOL friend on rotation at Yobe, i suspect the BH are now armed with thermobaric rounds for their RPG launchers. Armoured vehicles and MRAPs are either too few or totally outdated and faulty. Units located in remote locations are totally cut off, no thanks to the non availability of utility/transport helicopters for resupply, MEDEVAC, and reinforcement with QRF teams. There are stories of Special Forces teams totally cut off behind enemy lines and wiped out, no thanks to adequate Combat Air Support, and we're losing precious combat aircrafts.

To make matters worse, soldiers are not paid their allowances as it's being diverted by top officers to their pockets. The S&T unit/logistic line is all messed up as soldiers are either inadequately fed or not at all. And I can conveniently say that the current CDS is a fat dullard. Things must change

zubby29:
jonatan has a history of changin people dat hv produced results

No he doesn't. Air Marshal Perinini, a fine Officer under CAS under Air Marshal Dike became CDS under GEJ'S watch. Lt. General Ihejirika retained the post of COAS, still under GEJ'S watch. So no, GEJ does not change goal oriented officers without a good reason.

Charity begins at home. But well done.

ItsMeAboki:
Sorry to bust your bubble but come May 2015, this is what gonna happen

Yeah, keep jerking off to that wet dream of yours. When you're done, wake up.

laimo:
If Jonathan wins the next election,Nigerians should expect more deaths from Jonathan's killer squad,the so-called Boko Haram is Jonathan's creation so that he can continue intimidating Nigerians.

When Jonathan is voted out in 2015,Buhari will crush Jonathan's Boko Haram and Nigeria will become peaceful without Jonathan.
We'll send Jonathan to Otuoke or ICC whichever one he chooses,just like former president Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast who after losing an election wanted to threaten his country.Jonathan will be treated like Blaise Campraiore too.

Nigeria belongs to us all.It is not Jonathan's personal property.
Nigeria must be taken back from the clueless young old failure.

Even when Jonathan threatens,he'll still fail as usual.

Sure, keep jerking off to that wet dream of yours. When you're done, please wake up.

#TeamGEJ2015