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Sorry o bros, na your letter be that? We cant see it well na please take a better shot with clear image then we will take it from there. We dey compile name here make we add your own join.

I hear benue and kogi are recruiting massively though only PDP members so you need to decamp

We are returning lucky next year in benin

@OP sorry o. PDP don finish 9ja. But which of those trucks abi na trailer be your own?

Descartes:
It seems you didn't get the reason why I bolded your statement. Now you said "which Nigerians voted for Tambuwal..."?You also said that "...the people of Sokoto voted for him...". Then if the people of Sokoto voted for Tambuwal...and Sokoto is in Nigeria, it means that those that voted for him are also Nigerians. Thanks

It seems you didn't get the sarcasm in my post asking you if you're bearing femi? Cos you asking me if those in sokoto state are from burkina faso shows you're not far from the description I gave femi in the first and last paragraph of my post.

Did tambuwal told you he came into the house to represent Nigeria or his constituency?

Descartespost=27733590:
It seems you didn't get the reason why I bolded your statement. Now you said "which Nigerians voted for Tambuwal..."?You also said that "...the people of Sokoto voted for him...". Then if the people of Sokoto voted for Tambuwal...and Sokoto is in Nigeria, it means that those that voted for him are also Nigerians. Thanks

Descartes:
Please those in Sokoto that voted for Tambuwal are they from Burkina Faso

I didn't know there is a sokoto state in burkina faso.

Sorry no vex are you also named femi?

I tot this femi was a professor? Are people who support jonaTAN infected with being daft and lose all sense of commonsense? Femi has really taken azzlicking to a new height. Which nigerians voted for tambuwal? Tambuwal was voted by people in tambuwal federal constituency in sokoto state. He became speaker of the federal republic of nigeria not that of the PDP by popular choice of all elected reps.

He was never the choice of speaker of the PDP but became one on the strength of the opposition . PDP never supported him nor did they nominated him. Mulikat Akande was PDPs choice. So where is the betrayal rather he has shown he is a loyal and trustworthy to those who were his benefactor.

PDP just learn what real politiking is. Keeping your tricks to your heart till the last minutes. APC the mourinho of Nigeria's political field. Teaching them how's its done since 2012.

Femi needs to get rehabilitated cos it seems he's going senile.

mikeansy:
What is the role of Aliyu Gusau in all this?

He is the Defence Minister and should ideally be the face of Government in the fight against Boko Haram!

Aliyu Gusau is as useful in the fight against Boko Haram as the personality of majek fashek.
You want to know how useful? Useless.

The service chiefs and the CDS do not report to the minister of defense. He is just a political office holder. The NSA has more powers than he does. The NSA in a good clime is the first to see the president in the morning and the last to leave the president at night.

There is a large gap between the military top echelon and the men in the front .

Truly this is the true reflection of the people in the PDP. PDP see una next senate president

aresa:
Jonathan doesn't sack crooks, corrupt and incompetent people, he instead reward them with better appointments and national award..

My brother, Nigeria is in its most perilous times since its creation in 1914. Even during the civil war, we knew the theatre of war and where the front line was. God bless the Nigeria Military in the days of Adekunle, isaac born, murtala, etc. Ojukwu in his next life won't dare another secessionist agenda. Boko Haram now attack brazenly and with damn boldness.

Imagine the caliber of arms and ammunitions they would have stolen from the 2military formation in Mubi. This boys just got gifted with the most expensive cache of arms since their terrorist agenda add that to the looting of banks and other financial houses there.

There is crisis and fear in land, nigerians must wake up to the threat and the failure of the present JonaTAN government to deal with it.

Thanks I was actually looking to check the net for this later. I always knew he is a sound mind with great lofty ideas.

In January, Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh came out and told the world that by April 2014, Boko Haram would be history and he stated that he was very confident that the war was won. April came and went, and another April is almost here sef. Nothing. In fact, his hometown of Vimtim in Adamawa State is now under the control of Boko Haram. So where is he going to do Christmas this year?

This same CDS came out and told us that they know where the girls are but they cannot go get them. So what happened to all the trillions they spent on security? So nothing was spent on recons and intelligence?

This same CDS came out and said there is a ceasefire with Boko Haram and that the military should disengage. The soldiers too stopped all engagement only for Boko Haram to outsmart them and attack with fury. Yesterday, they bombed Gombe wasting the lives of 30 Nigerians who know nothing of all this stupid politics the government is playing. I knew Mr. Jonathan was not in the right frame of mind and a very inept commander-in-chief when he made Badeh the Chief of Defence Staff. Why?

It was under the nose of this same Badeh Orobo when he was Chief of Air Staff (CAS) that Boko Haram attacked the Nigerian Air Force base in Maiduguri and burnt the fighter planes on the tarmac and destroyed the helicopters. The video is there on YouTube for the world to see. But what did Jonathan do? Instead of firing Badeh, he promoted Badeh to CDS and even gave him national honour. People with sane minds protested that time but they were told to shut up. Now we can see how brilliant a defence chief Badeh is.

All Nigerian military officers are good at is harassing innocent civilians like beating girls in Sapele for wearing mini skirts or burning BRT buses in lagos.

Please, what is a man of honour and a true warrior supposed to do when his own dignity is almost lost? Badeh, over to you. It is better for you to resign NOW before it gets worse or else, it will be recorded that it was under your time as defence chief that terrorists took over the Federal Capital Territory. If you cannot save your own people in your own village, then mister man, you cannot save NOBODY.

They call you a defence chief and you cannot defend your own village, so how will you defend an entire country? In a sensible nation led by a sensible leader, you would have been fired a loooooooooooooong time ago for gross incompetence, negligence and dereliction of duty and for being an unmitigated disaster to the nation's security.

Only fools do the same thing same way and expect different results.

We had an uproar few months ago when boko haram overran chibok and a jamboree meeting of council of states was held, nigerians believed the meeting was going to give out a marshal plan on how to get back the girls but unfortunately the girls are still with shekau 7months after theur stupid talk show and shekau has taken more territories than 7months ago.

Why is the governemt of jonaTAN always reactive and never proactive? It will be an insult to intelligence and wisdom to have this man lead or partake in a committee or gathering of wise people.

So glad the governors and other reasonable people in the APC didn't attend this stupid talkshow. If the President and PDP want the end of shekau they know what to do, I guess alimodu sheriff no dey the meeting? If he is not then the meeting no get meaning.

No morality in Government if you want to be a good man go to church "and lead the choir"- Rt.Hon Rotimi Amaechi.....italic mine.

iamodenigbo1:
you are a fooool by calling Ndi Igbo in this mater is egift from mars, useless comment

Who doesn't know it is a geberational curse placed on your fathers and your forefathers to be azzlickers. From nnamdi azikiwe to nzeribe to daniel kanu. You have been foools and sycophantic bunch of imbelic nitwits whose stock in trade over the years is to sell your conscience to the highest bidder.

Mumu lunatic from a generation of azzlickers.

Seun:
I hope that we will get a response from APC before I put this on the front page. If not, then they can post their response on a new thread.

You're waiting for the APC because you and other sycophantic azzlickers represents PDP.

Better educative and informed topics are left to wallow and stay hidden in politics section while this kind of idiotic and stupid post are taken to the frontpage because you foolishly think they promote your benefactors in the PDP.

Guess the money they paid you in 2011 has finished and you're crying out to them that your doing what they ask you to do.

Cc gbawe, berem, barcanista, patrickmuf, desola, ibnsultan, guyfawkes, keneking, ba7man,cleverly,donphilopus,pendy79, ngeneukwenu

Aint Nigerians the most gullible people in the world? A FG that overthe last 8months has not been able to meet it constitutional revenue sharing formula to the other two federating units is singing and publishing fathom economic fallcies.

That your minister of finance had to give a press conference that the nation is not broke but just experiencing some little challenges and yet people are showing.

Better smell the coffee we are in a perilous times, the economy is in tatters.

I can't believe somebody asked a pertinent and commonsensical question and another made cursing, insults and name calling his contribution.

Are we really in a country with sane people? Are the igbos programmed to azzlick and suck out the shit from the anus of any one in government?

Egift is a moniker, curses don't work that way.

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A pragmatic and intellectually composed party full of people with practical and necessary dictate of democratic rule of participation, manisfestoes and explanation of what you wish and intend to do.

Not a clueless daft array of people who when faced with a presidential debate preferred to have a gist with Dbanj to discuss his kokolet matters.

APC is such a properly managed party.

Their plot is clearly coming out. One can see the desperation and why they want to be in control of the house of reps.

David mark has acceded to postponing the elections and they need a speaker who will do their bidding not a tambuwal who will be a stumbling block.

Ibnsultan:
There are no weak soldiers but weak commander (CinC)

You may be right but not entirely right. The problem with our military goes beyond the CinC.

There is a popular military quotation " I am not scared of a pack of sheeps led by a lion but greatly scared by a pack of lions led by a sheep." that aptly describes our present military.

egift:
As long as the weakling is the Commander, don't hold your breath. The Zoologist will only be interested the money sharing arrangement.

The strength of an army is not entirely the function of the c-in-c. It takes motivation, inspiration, patriotism and the belief that there is justice equality and reward for hard work and excellence .

The bane of our military today truly is the total neglect of the principles that guided recruitment in those days for the political and opportunist recruitment of young graduates who out of no job and poverty ventured into the military to make ends meet. Military ethics entails selfless service but when new hands sees it as a salary earning outfit then we are in trouble and the result is what we are experiencing right now in the North East.

Cutehector4u:
Lol i neva finish to dey read the topic....

Which topic o!!!!

Nigerian Troops ill-equipped for war in mali
There are speculations that due to lack of adequate training and discipline, the over 1,200 Nigeria troops would not be directly involved in combat operations to oust the militiamen from the northern region of Mali.

A United Kingdom (UK)-based newspaper, The Guardian,on its website yesterday alleged that men of the Nigerian Army deployed in Mali lacked the capacity to fight on the front line.

The paper quoted a senior source in Mali that the military contingent from Nigeria lacks the needed training and discipline to be relied upon to oust the Islamists from northern Mali prompting suggestions that the role of the men would be limited to security and logistics.

“The Nigerian Army is in a shocking state,” said the source, “in reality there is no way they are capable of forward operations in Mali – their role is more likely to be limited to manning checkpoints and loading trucks.


“The Nigerian forces lack training and kit, so they simply don’t have the capability to carry out even basic military manoeuvres. They have poor discipline and support. They are more likely to play a behind-the-scenes role in logistics and providing security.”

The source added that under plans for the enforcement of a United Nations (UN) Security Council-backed military intervention in Mali, Nigeria, alongside troops belonging to member states of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) are expected to lead forward operations.

The reality on ground as reported by the paper may have forced the governments of France, Germany, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) to consider the idea of further providing the Malian army with the necessary training, equipment and logistics support.

http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/45501/2013/01/20/nigerian_troops_illequipped_war_mali.html



480 Nigerian Soldiers Flee Into Cameroon After Fierce Battle With Boko Haram

Some 480 Nigerian soldiers have fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram militants, Cameroon’s army has said.

Army spokesman, Lt Col Didier Badjek, said the soldiers had been disarmed and were now being accommodated in schools.

Clashes are said to be continuing in the border town of Gamboru Ngala.

Boko Haram on Sunday released a video in which it said it had established an Islamic state in the towns and villages it controls in north-eastern Nigeria.

BBC

Mubi battle: 300 Nigerian soldiers flee to Cameroon again
No fewer than 300 Nigerian soldiers fled to Cameroon when Boko Haram insurgents overran Mubi, the second largest city in Borno State from security forces on Wednesday, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt.

Cameroonian military sources told our correspondent that Nigerian soldiers fled the north-eastern part of Nigeria, where the insurgency launched by the sect was raging, and crossed the Nigeria-Cameroon border.

The sources also said more Nigerian troops might have fled to other border towns in Cameroon after the Mubi attack. However, he added that their number had yet to be ascertained.

SUNDAY PUNCH also learnt that the deserting Nigerian soldiers would be moved away from the border areas to more secure locations, where they would be disarmed, fed and eventually repatriated to Nigeria.

The insurgents had taken over Mararaba Hildi, some few kilometres to Mubi town, on Tuesday, prompting a mass exodus of residents.

Hundreds of soldiers were said to have fled Mubi, which hosts two universities, as insurgents made advances to take over the town on Wednesday.

Speaking to SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday under the condition of anonymity, a senior Cameroonian military officer involved in the provision of welfare materials to the deserters, said, “They (Nigerian soldiers) are mostly around Boucla village in Bourha sub-division.

“So far, we can estimate the number of arrivals to be at about 300. These are the ones who arrived in uniform but we know that there are several others who shed their uniforms for civilian attires.”

The Mubi rout also forced thousands of Nigerian civilians to hit border villages in Cameroon in Benoue and Mayo Louti Divisions, and around Gachiga town.

It was, however, learnt that Cameroonian government was worried about the increasing number of refugees and where to keep them.

The relocation of Nigerian refugees was said to have become necessary as insurgents had previously attacked locations where fleeing Nigerian soldiers were housed.

Protests by indigenes of the border towns over attacks on the camps were said to have forced the Cameroonian government to adopt a policy of moving deserters far away from the border and out of the reach of Boko Haram.

It was further learnt that Cameroon had begun screening of deserters and refugees to prevent infiltration by insurgents.

“This time around, we are conducting a more thorough screening to avoid letting in Boko Haram infiltrators, who are known to inhabit the ranks of the Nigerian military,” an official of the Cameroonian government had told our correspondent in confidence.

Another Cameroonian military officer, who insisted on anonymity, expressed fears over possible infiltration of the country’s system through the refugee camps. He declined to give further details on how the screening was being conducted.

He said, “Taking them in is not something to make noise about. You and I know that we are in a military situation here. This is a war zone with Boko Haram spies crawling all over the place.

“The number we take and where we take them are obviously a military intelligence affair and nobody can give you that information, even if you were to approach the authorities in Yaounde.”

In a related development, SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that Boko Haram had been cultivating and recruiting local fighters among Cameroonian youths.

The sect is operating cells that have been in operation in Cameroon for over three years, recruiting through what a source described as “financial enticement and intimidation.”

Community leaders in the Far North region says thousands of Cameroonian youths had joined the ranks of Boko Haram since the beginning of the year.

“These are mostly young unemployed Cameroonians lured by handsome financial proposals by Boko Haram point men. Other Boko Haram sleeper cells are run by senior Islamists intimidated into doing the bidding of the sect,” one of the traditional leaders in the area, who refused to have his name in print, told our correspondent.

Recruitment of youths by the sect is said to be gaining ground in Cameroon and other neighbouring countries, raising fears that the activities of the insurgents might spread to other parts of West-African sub-region.

The sect had abducted seven members of the Fournier family from France in Cameroon in 2013. They were later released after a huge amount of money was reportedly paid as ransom.

Senior military sources confirmed that some high-ranking Boko Haram members arrested in Cameroon were exchanged for the release of the wife of the Cameroonian Vice-Prime Minister, Ahmadou Ali, and 16 members of his family who were abducted in Kolofata on July 27, as well as 10 Chinese road workers abducted in Waza in April, 2014.

In another related development, top Cameroonian military officials have insisted there is a close cooperation between the Nigerian and Cameroonian armies.

Information on the total number of Boko Haram insurgents detained in Cameroon has been classified as military intelligence.

However, it was learnt that the Cameroonian military had invited their Nigerian counterparts to interrogate Boko Haram suspects, Abakar Ali alias Mustapha Umar, Mahamat Ali and Issiaka Guere, who were arrested on September 23, 2014.

Other suspected members of the sect in detention, who include Cameroonians, will be tried by a special military tribunal in Yaounde, Cameroon, it was learnt.

“We cannot tell you their numbers now because investigations are still going on. When the investigations will be completed, there is the possibility that some of the people being held now on suspicion of being members of Boko Haram might be found to be innocent.

“Others would surely be finally identified as Cameroonians. The decision as to the fate of those found to be foreigners will be taken after the conclusion of the investigations. But I must tell you that besides Cameroonians and Nigerians, there are also members of Boko Haram from other neighbouring countries, which names we cannot cite now”, an official involved in the investigation disclosed.

However, the Cameroonian authorities are said to be reluctant on the repatriation of suspected leaders of the sect in their detention, as they might return to the battlefield should they escape

When our correspondent contacted the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade, for his reaction to the issue, he said he would not comment on it.

“I won’t comment on that,” he said.

In August, the Cameroonian Army Spokesman, Lt.-Col. Didier Badjek, had said Nigerian troops had fled to Cameroon after intense fighting with Boko Haram.

But Olukolade, had refuted the desertion claim, saying the soldiers merely strayed into Cameroon.

While Cameroonian authorities said over 700 Nigerian soldiers fled Boko Haram advances into Cameroon, Nigerian authorities had insisted that only 480 went into Cameroonian territory on “technical manoeuver.”

In recent times, Nigerian military have been battling with mutiny and have set up court martials to try soldiers who fled from battle.

On August 27, the military leadership arrested several soldiers, who deserted the army. The arrested soldiers came from different battalions.

A month after, the Defence Headquarters announced that another set of 60 soldiers would be arraigned before a General Court Martial by military authorities in Abuja on October 2 for mutiny. The soldiers allegedly committed mutiny on August 4, 2014 by refusing to join troops in Maiduguri for “an operation.”

Their arraignment which was to take place at the Sani Abacha Barracks in Abuja came as some of the 12 soldiers convicted on September 15, 2014 by the GCM notified the Court of Appeal of their intention to challenge their sentences.

The GCM headed by Brig. Gen. C. Okonkwo had sentenced 12 out of 18 soldiers found guilty of mutiny among other offences to death. Five of them were discharged and acquitted and one sentenced to 28 days’ imprisonment with hard labour and reprimand.

http://www.punchng.com/news/mubi-battle-300-nigerian-soldiers-flee-to-cameroon-again/


When in 2013 during the Tuareg rebellion and partitioning of Northern Mali, Nigeria as it did in Liberia and Sierra Leone sent troops to add to the A.U. mandate and U.N intervention troops to take on the rebels. Revelation then came out the soldiers from Nigeria were illequipped and not disciplined enough for the task.

Nigerians were angry and cried blue murder referring to the report as a blackmail and a run-down syndrome orchestra by the west.

Recent happenings within our shores has shown that the Mali episode was not a farce but rather it was a reality check on our commmaders to take a thorough look at the kind of soldiers in the Military setup.

we have never had it this bad and to even imagine that our Army which was a pride of Africa has turn a shadow if itself in just few years after their heroics in Liberia.

This is a wake up call to the Federal Government to seriously see the need for a total overhaul of the system and chart a new course for the defence of the country and our territorial integrity. Having Soldiers run away from a domestic insurgency led by team of ragtag bunch of illeducated and illequipped terrorists spell doom for the Nation. Nigeria as a country is bordered by hostile and envious neighbours who are also all francophone countries and there is the need for us to show the ability to defend our Nation but when you have your soldiers labelled and confirmed as undisciplined, illtrained and underequipped then there is a loud shout to any external aggressor that PLS COME TAKE ME I'M AVAILABLE. The sole reason israel has not taken on iran is the fear of the unknown of the kind of counter attack that iran will launch, israel breaches syrian airspace at will since it knows its military could not take on a rebellion within its soil on its own without hezbollah and iran"s help. i pray cameroun dont develop ideas to try do the bakassi style takeover again.

LIKELY WAY OUT.
1) a complete audit of all defense spending in the last 5years and any corrupt or indicted officers (both serving and retired) made to face the full wrath of law.

2) the recruitment of soldiers through the depot should be more emphatized rather than the short service commision system of graduates.

3) political and ethnic consideration should be jettisoned in the recruitment of soldiers, the idea of retaining slots for senators, reps, governors and other politicians for their supporters and cronies should be thrown in the dustbin of history. only individuals wo are patriotic and voluntarily seek to join the Army should be encouraged. A political soldier is more concerned about monthly salary and other specks of joining the military and not to fight any war hence you see soldiers dropping their guns and weapons fleeing with civilians. The middle belts produced the elite bunch of rank and file officers in the 60s up to the 80s.

4) proper and regular training on modern warfare and yearly wargames as done in other advance militaries.

In all, one can see that the major problem bedevilling our Army is corruption, corruption and corruption.

thanks and you can add your own opinions

Arch1:
Very well said my brother

i dont know what makes tambuwals defection an issue of national concern for president jonaTAN.

Currently, there is a humanitarian crisis in adamawa and borno. Millions of Nigerians are now displaced at various refugee camps in need of relief materials, first aid, food supplies etc, but our worthless president is less concerned

My brother, it is really a f.ucking situation when your supposed commander in chief has not deemed it fit and necessary to visit the boys who are laying down their lives to keep the nation safe and squaring up with this murderous shekau and his gang.

But he is quick to put on ceremonial 5star general rig at every militay functions believing the role of a c-in-c is just to show off for camera ops.

The boys are complaining of being illequipped and shortchanged by their commanders which glaringly is the reason for the low morale of the foot soldiers and a good c-in-c should know a visit to the front yo assure the boys that their complain will be looked into and actions taken against any erring officer. Rather he is showing off his pdp membership card and holding meeting to remove tsmbuwal.

Arch1:
Very well said my brother

i dont know what makes tambuwals defection an issue of national concern for president jonaTAN.

Currently, there is a humanitarian crisis in adamawa and borno. Millions of Nigerians are now displaced at various refugee camps in need of relief materials, first aid, food supplies etc, but our worthless president is less concerned

My brother, it is really a f.ucking situation when your commander in chief

What powers really does a speaker has? It is barely ceremonial to some extent aside concurring to bills passed by the senate.

The president should concern himself with the prevailing security issues facing the country than be bugged down with inconsequential party issues. Let the party hierarchy and the courts deal with tambuwal . But will he do that? No,mama peace has threatened hell if tambuwal is not removed and who dares mama peace ? No one not even uncle jay.

The sooner this jesters are thrown out of aso rock, the better for our nationhood. No nation deserves to be ruled by this clueless and inept president

Cry cry for the PDP.

Declares Tambuwal cannot be removed and the House remains adjourned until the 3rd of December.

Substanstive hearing on the suit resumes on Friday.

Lambasts recklessness of the Acting IG.


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