₦airaland Forum

Whyem15:
The Nigerian government is doing more harm than good by allowing the likes of Sahara reporters and people's gazette to continue to publish misinformation. Even YouTube should be talked into blocking such hateful and diabolical channels targeted at the Nigerian public. The legislators are there passing bills on allowing hijabs in military and paramilitary when they should have passed the hate speech and misinformation bills. The NBC is there allowing the broadcast of very hateful content by people filled with hatred.

The government should stop pretending they are subtle democrats when the vast majority of people perceive them as dictators!!!
Buhari's administration is the weakest ever in this fourth Republic. Even Jonathan deployed soldiers to punch HQ when their trash was too much.

JOSCOFELIX:
72 special force/ strike force battalion is base in makurdi beune state. and under the control of 3 amoured division jos. and they are trained by the south african, Pakistan, berelus, British and russia. they are professional in their work but do not tried them. they have there men in borno. one idiot on this thread said they have close the battalion .

DubaiLandLord:
All the police men shooting at armless civilians are mostly disciplined if found guilty. For here, police go tell you say, I go kill you and nothing go happen.

Nigerian police is far far more worst than the US police. The FBI is far far far more efficient and more disciplined than the Nigerian police force.

I was driving on the itokin-ijebu ode expressway back in 2016 or 2017, a policeman just jump to the front of my vehicle from one hut. I almost hit the guy. He was fucking drunk, they were drinking ogogoro.

Ayam tired of all this talk... I will stand by all what have always been saying, the Nigerian army is not a professional army. There is a little difference between the way they operate and how the likes of ISWAP and Boko Haram operate.

They are all known for sorrow, tears and blood. There is no justification for what is happening in Benue.

Bye bye.

I wan go find news I go post for here

Whyem15:
The Defence Headquarters wish to put it on record that apart from this initial 10 bandits, there are no other civilian casualties recorded in any part of Konshisha till date. We therefore challenge anybody from Konshisha to present to the public the 200, 70 or 30 dead bodies of innocent persons, male, female or children killed by troops in Konshisha. There was never a massacre as being touted by some mischief makers.

The remnants of the armed bandits that escaped from Bonta withdrew into neighbouring villages where they kept on attacking troops as they continued with the search operation through Bonta into other parts of Konshisha. Knowing the implications of killing troops in cold blood, most of the villagers fled their homes which were then occupied by armed bandits who kept firing at troops from the settlements as they advanced into Konshisha. Troops repelled the attacks and destroyed the houses and other buildings which the criminals used as hideout for the attacks. The use of abandoned settlements by armed bandits to attack troops is popular with insurgents. The aim is to draw military fire into the dwellings and then turn round to blame soldiers for the destruction. This is common guerilla tactics armed bandit designed to whip up public sentiment against security forces and this is what played out in Konshisha. This accounts for some of the burnt houses being reported in the press. Some of the phones of the dead soldiers were also tracked to some of the settlements. We should therefore blame the armed bandits for the destruction since they used these settlements as hideout for attacks. It will be wrong to blame soldiers who are in Konshisha on legitimate duties when some of them were murdered in cold blood. Some of the buildings being paraded today were actually burnt during earlier communal clashes between Konshisha and Oju, all of which the sponsors of the mayhem are now blaming on the military.




https://defenceinfo.mil.ng/update-on-situation-in-konshisha-local-government-area-of-benue-state/

Whyem15:
The people of Northern Ireland are UK citizens. The full name of the country is The United Kingdom of great Britain, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

JackWolfskin:
Josco my guy. How body na?

This 72sf go strong o. Na everytime you de call them.

Whyem15:
DHQ has released statement and he is actually correct. Men of 72 SF battalion were involved.

DubaiLandLord:
The soldiers that lead the attack are English. They were deployed from England. The English soldiers shot dead Irish on Irish territory. Northern ireland is a semi autonomous country.

The British soldiers were shooting anything that moved(It seems the Nigerian army learn from them). They won't do such a thing on English soil. And I think this happened in the early 70's.

How many scottish have been shot dead when they were protesting for a referendum to be held? How many Catalonians have been shot dead by the Spanish army?

I think there is presently riots in either some scottish or Northern Irish cities because they want a referendum to be held again. I've not heard of anyone getting shot dead yet.

JOSCOFELIX:
72 special force/ strike force battalion is base in makurdi beune state. and under the control of 3 amoured division jos. and they are trained by the south african, Pakistan, berelus, British and russia. they are professional in their work but do not tried them. they have there men in borno. one idiot on this thread said they have close the battalion .

DubaiLandLord:
Our correspondent was informed that the premises of the Imo State Police Command headquarters had been taken over by pubs and restaurants and shops with the female police officers selling all manners of wares inside their vehicles parked within the grounds.

A senior police officer on special duty in the state observed, “The Imo State Command headquarters is just like Wuse market; every woman police working there sells boxers, T-shirts and other stuffs in their vehicles parked around the command.

“Do you know those who are coming to patronise them are coming to gather intelligence on the command? You also have restaurants there; people selling Okpa (bean delicacy) are there. So, how do you guarantee security there? That’s the problem.”



https://punchng.com/imo-cp-failed-to-request-mopol-military-reinforcement-source/

The funny thing is this CP can still become the IGP of police in future

JackWolfskin:
Pardon?
I said he wasn't?

EricBraven:
1. They ambushed the soldiers
2. They carried the bodies
3. They burnt them
These happened in a community, you can't tell me that nobody saw the guys that did it or don't know one way or the other the guys responsible.
The soldiers had to search for their buddies cos no formal report was made.
Draw your conclusion from this
One way or the other the people of that society participated

Covert1:
And I'm asking you proffer a solution to fish them out. While you are it please help me understand what you would do if you have responsibility for security in a given area where your forces are killed for performing their legitimate duty. I guess police randomly killing blacks on American streets cannot be construed as unacceptable.

Ddream6627:
can't believe y'all still taking did with the military on this,so na everybody wey den kill take part in the killing of the nig army personnel abi,wish someone close to you was among dem definitely y'all won't be taking like this.

JOSCOFELIX:
oga if the community was giving them their house as protection to attacked the military which was on a peacekeeping mission not even a strike mission then they need to share from the manner that was sent. after the military mission in the area the community have started confusing about the attack against the military down to the village head. the moblie phone of hthe solider track and gallant men of the 72sf and strike team have made arrest . they are some case the military need force to solve

JOSCOFELIX:
oga if the community was giving them their house as protection to attacked the military which was on a peacekeeping mission not even a strike mission then they need to share from the manner that was sent. after the military mission in the area the community have started confusing about the attack against the military down to the village head. the moblie phone of hthe solider track and gallant men of the 72sf and strike team have made arrest . they are some case the military need force to solve

Sizzorkay:
You should redefine your idea of community. Unless there are 5 people living in that community, you and the military will have to proof to everyone how every single person in the said community colluded and worked against the military. you have proof of that? because I'm sure some of those affected are innocent people minding their own business.
you keep saying community as if everyone there was in on something bad.
so maybe there might be a few collaborators, that does not encompass the whole community

DubaiLandLord:
All the police men shooting at armless civilians are mostly disciplined if found guilty. For here, police go tell you say, I go kill you and nothing go happen.

Nigerian police is far far more worst than the US police. The FBI is far far far more efficient and more disciplined than the Nigerian police force.

I was driving on the itokin-ijebu ode expressway back in 2016 or 2017, a policeman just jump to the front of my vehicle from one hut. I almost hit the guy. He was fucking drunk, they were drinking ogogoro.

Ayam tired of all this talk... I will stand by all what have always been saying, the Nigerian army is not a professional army. There is a little difference between the way they operate and how the likes of ISWAP and Boko Haram operate.

They are all known for sorrow, tears and blood. There is no justification for what is happening in Benue.

Bye bye.

I wan go find news I go post for here

JOSCOFELIX:
the military meet the village head about what happen to their men, the village head denied it while he was hiding the criminal in is palace, a military sspy in the community have started working on intel for the military and that was when the village head and some person was arrested. the criminal are over 150 and you are trieding to tell me that when the military were ambush no person heard gunshot or no person saw them.

Ddream6627:
with all due respect bro you haven't answered my question.

Sizzorkay:
I'm not trying to tell you anything chief. so if the suspects where there and arrested, why the burning and destruction? what goal did that achieve? if you have a suspect, arrest them and gather more intel. again, weak police presence is why these things keep happening. soldiers shouldn't even have the right to make arrests unless they were given the mandate. I will always love the military, but won't support certain actions i see as unacceptable.

EricBraven:
The attention of the Defence Headquarters is drawn to numerous publications in the media and other online blogs reporting massive killing and destruction of houses and other property by the military in Konshisha LGA of Benue State. The Defence Headquarters which has oversight responsibility for Operation WHIRL STROKE deployed to maintain peace in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States, has deemed it necessary to refute these spurious allegations and put the records straight.

There have been incessant cases of communal clashes in recent times between the people of Konshisha and Oju over boundary demarcation. As part of efforts to resolve the crisis, the Benue State Government held series of meetings with stakeholders from both local governments with a view to arriving at amicable solution to the problem. Appreciable progress has been made and a final date fixed for all stakeholders to meet in the disputed areas to fully demarcate the boundary so that peace could reign. Trouble however started on the eve of the final meeting during Easter holiday, with reports that fresh fighting has broken out in the area.

All along, 72 Special Forces Battalion has troops deployed on the Oju side of the boundary and troops of the Battalion were on their way to replenish their colleagues on 5 April 2021, when they were attacked by armed bandits at Bonta in Konshisha. The troops who were under command of a Captain were seized at a checkpoint mounted by the so called “Bonta Boys” and taken into Konshisha forest where they were all brutally murdered. Not satisfied with killing the soldiers, the bandits proceeded to burn all the eleven soldiers and their officer beyond recognition while their weapons and ammunition were carted away. Military reinforcements were dispatched to Bonta the following morning. Unfortunately, the reinforcement also came under attack from close to 500 armed youths who by this time had fully occupied Bonta. The sheer number of youths involved in the attacks suggests that the armed bandits cannot be from Bonta alone, but were joined by bandits from other parts of Konshisha LGA. The military repelled the attack after more than 4 hours of intense fighting during which military helicopter provided close air support to ground troops. Ten armed bandits were killed during the fight with the rifle of one of the Killed in action soldiers recovered from the bandits who fell casualty during the exchange of fire.

The Defence Headquarters wish to put it on record that apart from this initial 10 bandits, there are no other civilian casualties recorded in any part of Konshisha till date. We therefore challenge anybody from Konshisha to present to the public the 200, 70 or 30 dead bodies of innocent persons, male, female or children killed by troops in Konshisha. There was never a massacre as being touted by some mischief makers.

The remnants of the armed bandits that escaped from Bonta withdrew into neighbouring villages where they kept on attacking troops as they continued with the search operation through Bonta into other parts of Konshisha. Knowing the implications of killing troops in cold blood, most of the villagers fled their homes which were then occupied by armed bandits who kept firing at troops from the settlements as they advanced into Konshisha. Troops repelled the attacks and destroyed the houses and other buildings which the criminals used as hideout for the attacks. The use of abandoned settlements by armed bandits to attack troops is popular with insurgents. The aim is to draw military fire into the dwellings and then turn round to blame soldiers for the destruction. This is common guerilla tactics armed bandit designed to whip up public sentiment against security forces and this is what played out in Konshisha. This accounts for some of the burnt houses being reported in the press. Some of the phones of the dead soldiers were also tracked to some of the settlements. We should therefore blame the armed bandits for the destruction since they used these settlements as hideout for attacks. It will be wrong to blame soldiers who are in Konshisha on legitimate duties when some of them were murdered in cold blood. Some of the buildings being paraded today were actually burnt during earlier communal clashes between Konshisha and Oju, all of which the sponsors of the mayhem are now blaming on the military.

Finally, the Defence Headquarters wishes to state that soldiers deployed to Konshisha displayed commendable restraints by adhering to the rules of engagement in the face of unprovoked attacks and therefore deserve accolades. In addition to the return of all carted away weapons, the local leaders of Konshisha must bring the main actors responsible for the mayhem to security forces to face justice. They must also surrender all other weapons in their possession. The military will not tolerate the jungle justice attitude and dastardly acts leading to the gruesome murder of patriotic soldiers on legitimate duty to keep the peace. We look forward to working with the Benue State Government in its promise to support security forces in fishing out those fomenting trouble in Konshisha. Once again, there is no massacre in Konshisha and the stories making the rounds are fabricated by bandits and their sponsors to smear the military after murdering troops in cold blood.

ONYEMA NWACHUKWU

Brigadier General

Acting Director Defence Information

9 April 2021

Whyem15:
I misunderstood you then..... Apologies.

Covert1:
The Nigerian police is bad but the police in the US is not exactly better with extra-judicial killings of unarmed black men. In fact the violent equipments used by most police departments in the US are on par with most militaries. Does that excuse the Nigerian police, no but picking and choosing to suit personal dispositions is not objective. And generally police the world over can be a pain in the ar.se though I think police officers in western European countries are the best. We all know about our police, and until something is done about them my advice just avoid them.

I beg to defer as to the armed forces. The Nigerian Army is a very professional Army, the best in Africa and one of the most professional in the world. If you choose to list the negatives there are more positives to them from holding the integrity of Nigeria together to peace enforcement and peace keeping operations around the world.

But the focus here is the military response in Konshisha let's not deviate. It is unpardonable under the circumstances to allow a community the affront to murder unprovoked an officer and soldiers of the Nigerian Army in cold blood while on legitimate duties. That is unacceptable and must be met with the appropriate response. You have to understand how militaries function as a professional organization one of which is accountability for every man, material and weapon. It beholves the leaders there to produce the criminal elements who did this. I for one I'm terribly pained by the unprovoked loss of those soldiers for no just cause. This is not a jungle.

Covert1:
The Nigerian police is bad but the police in the US is not exactly better with extra-judicial killings of unarmed black men. In fact the violent equipments used by most police departments in the US are on par with most militaries. Does that excuse the Nigerian police, no but picking and choosing to suit personal dispositions is not objective. And generally police the world over can be a pain in the ar.se though I think police officers in western European countries are the best. We all know about our police, and until something is done about them my advice just avoid them.

I beg to defer as to the armed forces. The Nigerian Army is a very professional Army, the best in Africa and one of the most professional in the world. If you choose to list the negatives there are more positives to them from holding the integrity of Nigeria together to peace enforcement and peace keeping operations around the world.

But the focus here is the military response in Konshisha let's not deviate. It is unpardonable under the circumstances to allow a community the affront to murder unprovoked an officer and soldiers of the Nigerian Army in cold blood while on legitimate duties. That is unacceptable and must be met with the appropriate response. You have to understand how militaries function as a professional organization one of which is accountability for every man, material and weapon. It beholves the leaders there to produce the criminal elements who did this. I for one I'm terribly pained by the unprovoked loss of those soldiers for no just cause. This is not a jungle.