₦airaland Forum

Odunayaw:
If you educated yourself on the difference between Field Officers and General officers you wouldn't need to type all this bollocks

You have to understand that I didn't mean to bash our soldiers. You could have educated me without insults but no...you just had to show you're an uncouth fellow without home training.

If you can't disagree with me intelligently, please keep your rude, unintelligent responses to yourself.

He-goat

Nigerian Army should plant land mines around its Super Camps.

Blueelf:
You have to understand that I didn't mean to bash our soldiers. You could have educated me without insults but no...you just had to show you're an uncouth fellow without home training.

If you can't disagree with me intelligently, please keep your rude, unintelligent responses to yourself.

He-goat

Your poor grasp of the English language has once again reared its ugly head. What insult is in my statement. Do you not know what bollocks is?

This your inferiority complex en

Odunayaw:
Your poor grasp of the English language has once again reared its ugly head. What insult is in my statement. Do you not know what bollocks is?

This your inferiority complex en

See who's talking about inferiority...

Must you quite me

Abeg, carry your toxicity somewhere else

You're just stupid and what's worse is that you don't know it.

I heard new mraps being transported to NA were targeted today in the Mainok attack.

JOSCOFELIX:
maokin under attack

Lol. The thing don turn ping pong(Table Tennis)
Boko Haram attacks Maniok, Army repels Boko Haram attack in Dikwa.
Boko Haram captures army base in Gudzamala, Army dislodges Boko Haram from Damasak.
Boko Haram sacks Monguno, Army chases Boko Haram out of Konduga.
Boko Haram invades Biu, Army reclaims Geidam from Boko Haram.
Na so the thing go dey go till thy kingdom comes. Lets keep deceiving ourselves.

BBC News

Chad after Idriss Déby:

African Union urges end to military rule

24 April 2021

The African Union has called for an end to military rule in Chad, whose president was killed by rebels.

The army immediately announced that Idriss Déby's son would head a military council for 18 months before elections were held.

Former colonial power France, which has a large military base in Chad, appeared to back the takeover for "stability" amid "exceptional circumstances".

Opposition parties have also condemned what they called a "dynastic coup".

Trade union have called for a general strike, while rebel group Fact said Chad was "not a monarchy".

The African Union's Peace and Security Council voiced "grave concern" about the military takeover which put 37-year-old Gen Mahamat Déby Itno in charge and saw parliament dissolved.

The AU's 15-member security body discussed the situation on Thursday but waited until after Déby's funeral on Friday to issue its statement.

It said power should be restored to civilian authorities "expeditiously".

According to the constitution, the speaker of parliament should take over in the event of the president's death, and organise new elections.

Déby, 68, had just been elected for a sixth term in office when the army announced on Tuesday that he had been fatally wounded in a clash with rebel Fact fighters in the northern region of Kanem.

He was a key ally of France in the fight against jihadist groups across West Africa and French President Emmanuel Macron was among the foreign leaders and thousands of Chadians who paid their respects at his funeral.

President Macron was seated next to Gen Mahamat Déby Itno during Friday's funeral

Standing beside Déby's coffin, Mr Macron said: "You lived as a soldier, you died as a soldier with weapons in hand. You gave your life for Chad in defence of its citizens."

While he was in Chad, Mr Macron held talks with Gen Mahamat Déby Itno, along with the leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, which are all battling various Islamist groups, some of which are linked to al-Qaeda and others the Islamic State group.

Chad's president was one of Africa's longest-serving rulers and a close ally of the Western powers, especially France.

The support given to president Idriss Déby - officially aimed at fighting against rebel groups and Islamist militants in West and Central Africa - consisted of intelligence for the Chadian army, aerial surveillance, and even protecting strategic points for the Chadian army.

The presence of a foreign army is never well received by the local population, especially when they are soldiers of the former colonial power.

The idea that France deliberately maintains a certain chaos in the region to defend its interests is believed by many.

But divisions within Chad's military - who only partially support the new leader while rebels reject him outright - raises fears of instability as a fragile transition gets underway.

Chad family feud intensifies transition
tensions after Idriss Déby's death

BBC Monitoring

The naming of Mahamat Idriss Déby as his father's successor may not go unchallenged
The swiftly executed transfer of power in Chad to Gen Mahamat Idriss Déby after his father's death appears to be threatened by family divisions and fractures in the military that could have serious consequences.

Mahamat Deby was controversially named the leader of the Transitional Military Council (CMT) in the same announcement of his father's death on 20 April.

He now heads a 15-member team that intends to oversee the country's transition period for the next 18 months.

But media reports of palace intrigue involving other members of his late father's family have reinforced a perception of rocky times ahead for the country.

Family rivalries

The late President Idriss Déby Itno strategically consolidated power during his 30-year presidency by assigning senior government roles to family members and surrounding himself with allies from his Zaghawa ethnic group.

On 21 April, Chadian media reported scuffles between Mahamat Déby and his step-brother, Zakaria Idriss Déby, at the presidential palace. Reports claimed the quarrel was over their father's succession.


A senior member of the CMT rejected speculation that shots had been fired, denouncing such reports as attempts at "destabilising the system".

Before Mahamat was named, Zakaria Idriss Déby is said to have been among those in line for succession.

He studied in Tunisia and, in 2017, was appointed Chad's ambassador to the UAE. He also served as the youth president of the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement.

Tchadinfos tweets that there was "no shoot-out at the Palais Rose and no quarrel" citing a family member, presumably keen to present a united front in the face of uncertainty. But the rivalry in the first family has been a public fixation for a while.

The late president had several wives, the most prominent of whom is Hinda Déby Itno.

Hinda Deby Itno has also wielded significant influence in government
The daughter of a high-ranking Chadian diplomat, Hinda Déby, 41, served as the former president's private secretary before she stepped down to focus on her foundation, Grand Coeur. She has also played a key role in Chad's oil sector.

With several of her siblings employed at the presidency, she was able to influence appointments and dismissals in government.

Her brother, Khoudar Mahamat Acyl, was the late president's aide-de-camp. He was present when President Déby was fatally wounded in a battle with rebels in the northern Kanem region.

Three other brothers served as health, justice and education ministers.

In January 2020, when the late president was taken ill, he left the first lady in charge of the presidency office to prevent confrontation between Mahamat and Zakaria, the Zoom Tchad website reported.

"Idriss Déby's plan for his wife to maintain his power is an important sign because he did not choose one of his sons. This would also open the door to hostilities and a war of succession," the website said at the time.

Spillover into the military
The succession feud is likely to involve more family members with various interests - especially in the the powerful military, where there are signs of a split as well.

Veteran Gen Abderamane Dicko has denounced the new transition council. The former rebel leader still serves in Chad's military and is said to represent soldiers who are against Mahamat Déby's leadership.

Gen Dicko has called the military council "a grouping of a few friends" and has called for "the quick formation of a broad, inclusive consultation before the country sinks into chaos", Tchadanthropus website has reported.

If Déby's family and more senior military officials openly challenge Mahamat Déby's leadership, the tensions could jeopardise the interim government's efforts to stabilise Chad after three decades of leadership by the same man.

I heard the super camp in Mainok has been over run. How true ? I pray its not so

Blueelf:
See who's talking about inferiority...

Must you quite me

Abeg, carry your toxicity somewhere else

You're just stupid and what's worse is that you don't know it.

You are the one being aggressive. And if you like refuse to see what I'm saying, na you sabi. All these insults won't suddenly make you look smart

yoged:
I heard the super camp in Mainok has been over run. How true ? I pray its not so

I think it has, unfortunately.

The terrorists have adapted to our Close Air Support. Will the Super Tucano make any difference when they arrive? That remains to be seen.

Odunayaw:
You are the one being aggressive. And if you like refuse to see what I'm saying, na you sabi. All these insults won't suddenly make you look smart

Ode jati jati

Trying to act the victim

Still won't change your he-goat status

Blueelf:
Ode jati jati
Trying to act the victim
Still won't change your he-goat status

ma shey bi omode lo jare

There is no supercamp in mainok.

Xbee007:
Nigerian Army should plant land mines around its Super Camps.

In the heat of battle nah the same dem go run and match am...e better to not even give dem dat advise..!!

yoged:
I heard the super camp in Mainok has been over run. How true ? I pray its not so

I don't know bro, been following for updates...

Whyem15:
There is no supercamp in mainok.

Seems the new Mraps were ambushed..na wo ooo

Joscofelix how far na?

cutievik:
Seems the new Mraps were ambushed..na wo ooo

Joscofelix how far na? please can you show me the source plesae

please can you show me the source

It is now very clear they are attacking the lesser manned garrisons to loot the armory in preparation for another push on Damasak. They should better deploy another battalion from another division to help defend Damasak.

Everybody on Twitter is just speaking in parable concerning the Mainok incident. Tiring.

cutievik:
Seems the new Mraps were ambushed..na wo ooo

Joscofelix how far na?

I don't have any information concerning that or even the attack. It will be painful if true but still doesn't change anything.

Whyem15:
It is now very clear they are attacking the lesser manned garrisons to loot the armory in preparation for another push on Damasak. They should better deploy another battalion from another division to help defend Damasak.

they is no super camp in mianko, they attack a military base with less firepower. i heard the military withdraw all the military equipment before leaving the base

Xbee007:
Everybody on Twitter is just speaking in parable concerning the Mainok incident. Tiring.

what made the solider to withdraw was the moment there commanding officer was shot dead . that weak the whole officer

Xbee007:
The terrorists have adapted to our Close Air Support. Will the Super Tucano make any difference when they arrive? That remains to be seen.

Trust me the tucanos would be as useless as their AK47...they would now be shouting for another game changing equiprement like nuclear bomb...!!

They always shout boko/swap carry more sophisticated weapon than them but from all pictures so far seen...What they have are only AK47, technicals some heavy machines guns and RPGs and most are collected from.our army...!!
Now the Nigerian military have a combined force of navy, army,Airforce and plenty other forces and yet still complain...I just always use to wonder...why??

JOSCOFELIX:
please can you show me the source

My brother, imagine techniques!!!!! Disguise d as friendly troops. Na wa o

cutievik:
My brother, imagine techniques!!!!! Disguise d as friendly troops. Na wa o

but the new mrap was not involved. from what i heard reinforcement are in the town

cutievik:
My brother, imagine techniques!!!!! Disguise d as friendly troops. Na wa o

Lack of communications. Luker4long has always been saying it here. Hopefully, they will learn.

Whyem15:
Lack of communications. Luker4long has always been saying it here. Hopefully, they will learn.

right now i can say anything but the militar should do something fast ATTACK GUDZMALA AND ALL THIS RUBBISH WILL STOP.

I CAN SAY A GOOD NUMBER OF SOLIDER WANT DOWN. TO 10-20

The PR they will be crazy this week but PR won't get them anything other than a few more recruits and humiliation for the Nigerian army (sadly you can't shame the shameless). A Lt. Col died in the attack, may his soul and those of the others rest in peace.

Until we stop giving them opportunity to rest after every attack, they will keep coming. Supercamps are good but will only result in huge casualties without a strike force.

Another important thing is that they are developing more strategies to counter air support. They seem to pretend as if they've been repelled, wait for the aircrafts to return to base and then attack again.