Stormtrooper11:
If you ever feel depressed, remember that the "Giant of Africa" elected a retired General as its president, spent billions of dollars on its military, bought squadron of super tucanos and a handful of 4th generation aircrafts, bought 3rd generation MBT, became first sub saharan country to employ the use of UCAV in combat. Just to replace Bokoharam with banditry and allow an attack on its foremost military institution.

You are a wise fellow... I like you. Do you happen to like beer?

Fighting your own war is different from fighting another man's war. Most people will not bleed a drop for another country but will raise hell for their own. The US case in Afghanistan can never be compared to how we replaced Boko Haram in our border town with a more inoculated kind of threat that will prove almost impossible to manage...

kabe1:


What are you guys crying & wailing for?

Sometimes I am baffled with the way you talk. Is this a military thread? Yes. So why don't you want us to discuss how bandits went to NDA pulled down her skirt and proceeded to violate her right in front of her mother and father.

Whyem15:
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That said, all boarding schools and other institutions with mass housing facilities in the Northwest and part of North Central should be shut for now. The bandits have been getting what they want for a long time now. It's time we started denying them what they want.
I believe they are common criminals that have been left for long to organize themselves and grow and not terrorists as all their demands up to this moment are economical and not political.

The bandits have made more money kidnapping non-students.

SamuelAnyawu:


I just saw it on Twitter tho I’m still in doubt

You know sometimes you think NO it’s impossible for the NA to go below a certain level in terms of competence, professionalism and capacity.

Well I am SPEECHLESS

Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Tuesday, cut off the fuel supply to Dansadau town and other neighbouring communities in Zamfara State after they intercepted and set ablaze an oil tanker along Gusau-Dansadau Road.


The fuel tanker was among dozens of other vehicles being escorted to Dansadau by security operatives onboard an armoured personnel carrier when suddenly the armed criminals opened fire on the tanker triggering huge flames.


According to a report by Daily Trust, the owner of the tanker, Yau Muhammad Dansadau said the vehicle was carrying fuel from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot in Gusau to supply a filling station in the community, to address the acute fuel shortage following the closure of other filling stations.

He said: “The whereabouts of the driver and one other person on board the vehicle are unknown. They may have been kidnapped. The fear is that there is going to be an acute shortage of fuel very soon. Motorcycles, vehicles and other machines using petrol will soon stop.

“As I am told, the fuel tanker was not only the vehicle attacked, several other motorists jumped out of their vehicles and scampered to safety despite the fact that the attackers were engaged in a firefight by the police escort.

“No vehicle can ply that road without escort; dozens of people especially local traders and commercial drivers have been killed or kidnapped along that 100 km road that is in a very terrible condition.

“The attack is precisely occurring at a very dangerous spot called Mashayar Zaki, just a few kilometres to reach Dansadau. The armed men are lurking around the area to attack every moving vehicle.”

The armed men were said to have cut off the supply of essential commodities to Dansadau after the closure of community markets and stoppage of the supply chain for groceries, food and soft drinks to them in the forest.

Bandits have been especially active in Dansadau over the past months.

They increasingly heightened attacks after security efforts to bring them under control.

A former Zamfara senator, Saidu Dansadau said bandits were scaling up attacks on the Dansadau community to protest the suspension of Emir Hussaini Umar, accused of involvement in banditry.

Umar was suspended in June by the state government for his alleged involvement in banditry.

Dansadau, who represented Zamfara central from 1999 to 2007, said the spike in attacks on the community shows the suspended emir was complicit in the attacks and cattle rustling by bandits.
https://www.google.com/url?q=http://saharareporters.com/2021/08/24/bandits-stop-fuel-supply-zamfara-community-retaliate-food-embargo&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjXtMias8ryAhWJsKQKHVofCAUQlO8DMAd6BAgDEAs&usg=AOvVaw0JXWuJ7tBWYPTo2ITM6LRf

AskiaHarem:


Still no clear Photos, videos, or any hard evidence? Just text of faceless eyewitness accounts usual...

About 300 kidnapped students still missing
More than $18 mln of ransoms paid from 2011 to 2020

Violence rose 28% nationwide in first half of year - ACLED

'We are winning the war against banditry' - minister

TEGINA, Nigeria, Aug 24 (Reuters) - After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam's 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to raise a ransom to free them.

He sent his 3 million naira ($7,300) into the bush, together with payments from other families in his town of Tegina. The kidnappers took the money, seized one of the men delivering it and sent back a new demand for more cash and six motorbikes.

"We are in agony," the 40-year-old tyre repairman told Reuters, still waiting for any sign of what happened to his children three months after the mass abduction. "Honestly I don't have anything left."

Kidnappers have taken more than 1,000 students since December amid a rash of abductions across the impoverished northwest. Around 300 of the children have still not been returned, according to a Reuters tally of reports.

President Muhammadu Buhari has told states not to pay anything to kidnappers, saying it will only encourage more abductions. read more Security agencies say they are targeting the bandits with military action and other methods.

Meanwhile, hundreds of parents are facing the same quandary: do everything they can to raise the ransoms themselves, or risk never seeing their children again.

"We are begging the government to help," said Aminu Salisu, whose eight-year-old son was taken in the same daylight raid on Tegina's Salihu Tanko Islamic school in May, alongside more than 130 students. read more

Salisu cleared out his own savings and sold everything in his shop to raise his contribution. The owner of the school sold off half the grounds. Together, with the help of friends, relatives and strangers, the people of Tegina said they raised 30 million naira.

But that still wasn't enough for the bandits.

Kidnappers collected more than $18 million in ransom from June 2011 to March 2020 in Nigeria, according to an estimate by Lagos-based analysts SBM Intelligence.

That flood of cash brought a flood of new kidnappers, said Bulama Bukarti, an analyst in the Extremism Policy Unit of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. He estimated there were currently around 30,000 bandits operating in the northwest.

"It's the most thriving, the most lucrative industry in Nigeria," he told Reuters. Kidnapping has become a tempting career choice for young men at a time of economic slump, double-digit inflation and 33% unemployment.

"From December, we saw the Pandora's box open. They saw it was possible. They saw that nothing happened to the attackers," Bukarti said.

In December, gunmen kidnapped 344 boys from the Government Science Secondary School in the northwestern state of Katsina during a night-time raid. The kidnappers released the boys a week later, but it set off a spate of similar kidnappings across the region. read more

The bandits took a page from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which seized more than 200 schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok in 2014. That group had ideological aims and forced some of the girls to marry fighters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/desperate-nigerians-sell-homes-land-free-kidnapped-children-2021-08-24/

NIGERIAN ARMY DOES NOT ENLIST FORMER TERRORISTS

Our attention has been drawn to an online video making rounds in the social media by one Young Elder and produced by Anthony Jay. In the video, the so called Young Elder attempted to draw conclusion from the collapse of the Afghan military and trying very hard to relate it to the ongoing surrender by the Boko Haram/ Islamic State West Africa Province Terrorists in Nigeria. The Young Elder in a comic way tried to express worries about the surrendered terrorists.

While it is understood that the situation in Afghanistan calls for concerns by any right thinking person or organisation, the manner in which the comic Young Elder presented it shows his lack of basic knowledge on the subject he hurriedly delved into. The amateurish production conjured some unfounded and baseless claims that only exist in the pigment of their imagination, claiming that surrendered terrorists where going to be absorbed into the Nigerian Army (NA).

For the avoidance of doubt, the NA does not have any repentant terrorists joining its ranks and does not have any plan for that. There are teaming able-bodied Nigerians that are willing to join the NA and genuinely help in the fight against terrorism and other violent crimes. The NA therefore is not desperate for prospective recruits to stoop so low and engage the services of former terrorists. As a general rule, it is not even recommended to absorb former fighters into the services of a regular military.

The NA wish to state that the campaign of falsehood embarked upon by some individuals who do not wish the nation well cannot distract its personnel from their resolve to bring an end to the violent crimes in the country. We wish to reiterate that the NA under the leadership of the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya will continue to operate within the dictates of the law. Surrendered terrorists will be received, processed and passed to the appropriate Government agencies that are saddled with the responsibility of handling them.

While we recommend that matters related to security be left with those who have the requisite expertise and experience, we wish to remind comic characters like Young Elder to focus on contributing towards nation building and not engaging in campaign of falsehood.

ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Brigadier General
Director Army Public Relations
24 August 2021

Identities Of Military Officers Killed By Bandits In Attack On NDA

Bandits who attacked the Afaka barracks of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna State, shot dead at least two officers and went away with another personnel in an onslaught on the country’s foremost military training institution.

The bandits invaded “in their large number” and shot dead two officers identified as Lieutenant Commodore Wulah and Flight Lieutenant CM Okoronwo.

They also abducted Major Datong while 2 Lieutenant Onah sustained gunshot injuries and currently receiving treatment, SaharaReporters was told.

O God, I'm tired

What a "Country" under the biased Rtd. "General".

AskiaHarem:


Still no clear Photos, videos, or any hard evidence? Just text of faceless eyewitness accounts usual...

You're a bloody blind bast*rd

Salatavor:
You are a wise fellow... I like you. Do you happen to like beer?

Fighting your own war is different from fighting another man's war. Most people will not bleed a drop for another country but will raise hell for their own. The US case in Afghanistan can never be compared to how we replaced Boko Haram in our border town with a more inoculated kind of threat that will prove almost impossible to manage...

I don't drink.
Absolutely. I concur.

Stormtrooper11:
You're a bloody blind bast*rd

Avoid that sucker bro!

Stormtrooper11:
If you ever feel depressed, remember that the "Giant of Africa" elected a retired General as its president, spent billions of dollars on its military, bought squadron of super tucanos and a handful of 4th generation aircrafts, bought 3rd generation MBT, became first sub saharan country to employ the use of UCAV in combat. Just to replace Bokoharam with banditry and allow an attack on its foremost military institution.

Lol you should have understood the kind of peeps we have commenting here Na. People who are more concerned that America lost a war outside its country , while Nigeria is burning.

Is it not on this same thread people were comparing the security situation in Nigeria with the United States?

Bandits have brought the war to our great military institution. If it was an all out gunfire attack and Soldiers were dislodged in NDA i would have said OK, but coming to kidnap soldiers right in a military institution kai Kai Kai.

We are all just acting politically correct on this thread.Know this and have peace

kabe1:


I expected better from you.

Go and cry to Buhari at the villa.

Stop wailing in this thread.

E reach to moan, groan and scream at the top of my lungs.

There's a need for ubiquitous leadership and not scarcity which our President seems to have not got the memo. Either they filter reports to him by his advisers or he chooses his own narrative to believe.

It is not enough to buy shiny weapons amongst others whilst the enemies continues to explore repeated operational deficiencies.

I'm not going to pretend to know what goes on within the army hierarchy but as an outsider, issues are glaringly obvious. Go and read books like Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security and understand how issues like this can set us back.

A reliable source within the barracks told our correspondent that security has been beefed up within and around the barracks to stop the bandits from escaping with the officer.

What does this mean?

Is the defence academy so big that the whereabouts of the kidnappers within the complex is unknown but everyone is certain that they haven’t gotten out with their hostages? How can a large number of terrorists, hostages in tow, go underground within a military institution? Is the location of terrorists and hostages known and negotiations for the release of hostages currently ongoing? Finally, regardless of any of the above, why aren’t we getting minute by minute updates – or just regular ones - in line with the importance of the situation?

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has declared that the Nigeria Army is not ruling out an inside collaborator in the attack on Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) earlier on Tuesday.

While reacting to the early hour’s attack on NDA that led to the death of one Officer and the abduction of a Major, the CDS said that the incident is worrisome and the military is looking into it with keen interest adding that the attack is like robbers entering a house with the knowledge of an insider

Did the terrorists escape?

FLASH: FIJ can confirm that 'bandits' have contacted the Nigerian Defence Academy to demand a ransom of N200million for the abducted Major Stephen Datong.

Details soon.

Ok, It was just poor writing to state, " security has been beefed up within and around the barracks to stop the bandits from escaping with the officer" when in fact the terrorists infiltrated the institute, killed officers, and escaped with another as hostage. All military aircraft air born, flotilla of ships, all police mobilised in search of terrorists and hostage does not amount to preventing tourists from escaping, they have escaped until apprehended.

SamuelAnyawu:


Lol you should have understood the kind of peeps we have commenting here Na. People who are more concerned that America lost a war outside its country , while Nigeria is burning.

Is it not on this same thread people were comparing the security situation in Nigeria with the United States?

Bandits have brought the war to our great military institution. If it was an all out gunfire attack and Soldiers were dislodged in NDA i would have said OK, but coming to kidnap soldiers right in a military institution kai Kai Kai.

We are all just acting politically correct on this thread.Know this and have peace

It is most likely a revenge killing for the Jos incident. This has a strong backing of northern elite.

Xbee007:

It is most likely a revenge killing for the Jos incident. This has a strong backing of northern elite.

Just read the venom of ethnic bigotry oozing out from some people.

#DHQUpdate #PressRelease

NORTHEAST: CDS HAILS CITIZENS' SUPPORT, ALLAYS FEAR ON SURRENDERED INSURGENTS, AS DHQ ENGAGES MILITARY VETERANS ON SECURITY PARLEY

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has expressed his appreciation to the citizens and residents of the North-East (NE) Region for genuinely supporting the ongoing intensive clearance operations by troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) towards the restoration of permanent peace in the Zone. The CDS equally allayed the fears of the general public on the ongoing mass surrendering of Boko Haram (BH)/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) ex-fighters to the AFN.

Gen Irabor who was speaking today, 24 August 2021 in Yola, at the Chief of Defence Staff interactive session with retired senior military officers in the NE Geo-political Zone, appreciated the people of the NE for supporting the military operations thus far, while seeking for more cooperation. Gen Irabor posited that the solutions to the NE security challenges lie in the Region, as he was optimistic that the situation would get better and better in the days ahead.

On the recent fear and apprehension making rounds about the mass surrendering of BH/ISWAP ex-members, the CDS reassured residents and Nigerians in general to trust the relevant agencies that have been tasked with responsibilities of planning the rehabilitation of repented insurgents. According to him, the AFN would deal with the matter for the good of the Region, as there will be no loose ends.

The Defence Chief urged the military veterans to take full advantage of the security parley in evaluating the various military operations, as their patriotic and constructive assessment of the general security situation would add value to the ongoing actionable military offensive clearance operations.

In his words, “what remain very clear is the desire and will of the AFN to speedily turn around the fortune of the NE to a state where everyone will be happy again," the CDS averred.

The CDS described the attack on Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) officers’ residential quarters, as more of criminal activities associated with the normal banditry action which the military was already on the matter.

The Chief of Defence Civil Military Cooperation (CDCIMIC), Rear Admiral Fredrick Ogu announced that the one day security parley to include the Chief of Defence Intelligence brief on the general security situation in NE, group presentations by the participants and then the interactive session.
The CDCIMIC urged the veterans to make useful contributions towards the goal of securing the NE zone and the country at large.

Earlier in his welcome address, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Ismaila Ali, who was represented by the Commander 23 Brigade NA, Brigadier General Aminu Garba commended the Defence Headquarters for the laudable initiative of tapping from the wealth of experience of the retired senior officers.

According to the GOC, the cross fertilization of ideas between the current leadership of the Armed Forces and its veterans was tailored to finding workable ideas in surmounting the contemporary security challenges bedeviling the Nation.

Notable among the top military brass that attended the parley were the Chief of Defence Administration, Rear Admiral Mohammed Adamu and the Air Officer Commanding, Special Operations Command, Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Charles Ohwo.

BENJAMIN OLUFEMI SAWYERR
Major General
Director Defence Information
24 August 2021

NafeesaAA:


Just read the venom of ethnic bigotry oozing out from some people.

That is the most likely scenario. Bandits have always killed security personnel they come in contact with. Why go through the effort of kidnapping someone that they don't intend to collect ransom on? Unless they have other agenda which is to assassinate him. The man is from Plateau, so it makes sense.

NafeesaAA:


Just read the venom of ethnic bigotry oozing out from some people.

So you can talk about ethnic bigotry when you were caught doing same here on this thread even as a security personnel.

Taaaaaaaah Firm there

Xbee007:

It is most likely a revenge killing for the Jos incident. This has a strong backing of northern elite.

Sincerely I’ve been thinking about this incident since yesterday. I started thinking if it’s a little internal coup or a hired gangster Hit.

Well let’s all wait to get more information about this.

NDA is a very large place, if you don't know where you are going you'll get lost. They had inside help, obviously.

And this was no kidnapping, it was a targeted assassination. Argue with your keyboard!

SamuelAnyawu:


So you can talk about ethnic bigotry when you were caught doing same here on this thread even as a security personnel.

Taaaaaaaah Firm there

1st time @samuelAnyawu will blow hot

Xbee007:
NDA is a very large place, if you don't know where you are going you'll get lost. They had inside help, obviously.

And this was no kidnapping, it was a targeted assassination. Argue with your keyboard!

They where in military uniforms .
It's high time we upgrade security checks in all our military formations across the country.
The issue is most keyboard warriors don't know NDA kadunna, it's way too vast and this terrorist can easily vanish through bush parts and find there way out.

Xbee007:
NDA is a very large place, if you don't know where you are going you'll get lost. They had inside help, obviously.

And this was no kidnapping, it was a targeted assassination. Argue with your keyboard!

I just hope it isn't what I think it is, cos it will spark alot in the military. Counter assassination and more assassination

bidexiii:



1st time @samuelAnyawu will blow hot

Baba I Dey loyal oh

NafeesaAA:


Just read the venom of ethnic bigotry oozing out from some people.

Same thing you did some pages back

Xbee007:
NDA is a very large place, if you don't know where you are going you'll get lost. They had inside help, obviously.

And this was no kidnapping, it was a targeted assassination. Argue with your keyboard!

bidexiii:



1st time @samuelAnyawu will blow hot

Xbee007:
NDA is a very large place, if you don't know where you are going you'll get lost. They had inside help, obviously.

And this was no kidnapping, it was a targeted assassination. Argue with your keyboard!

Any body that know NDA kaduna or live in kaduna will never be surprise with this attack in fact it even came late, is very large and next to Afaka forest, where they can easily disappear to, to birnin gwari, Niger state or Katsina.
The good news is that you can now use a bicycle to travel from Mando to Birnin Gwari now because of the high security personnel on the road since yesterday

The bandits have killed the major... What a pity

Xbee007:

That is the most likely scenario. Bandits have always killed security personnel they come in contact with. Why go through the effort of kidnapping someone that they don't intend to collect ransom on? Unless they have other agenda which is to assassinate him. The man is from Plateau, so it makes sense.

Major Datong body was found yesterday night.

GreenOris:
[/b]Any body that know NDA kaduna or live in kaduna will never be surprise with this attack in fact it even came late[b], is very large and next to Afaka forest, where they can easily disappear to, to birnin gwari, Niger state or Katsina.
The good news is that you can now use a bicycle to travel from Mando to Birnin Gwari now because of the high security personnel on the road since yesterday