₦airaland Forum

The burial of the slain Commanding Officer of the 149 Battalion of the Nigerian Army Lt. Col Thomas Ebisingha Alari on Saturday was marked by mourning and tributes.

Alari and 21 soldiers were killed when ISWAP terrorists launched a desperate Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) attack on troops at Gardiri Base in Damboa Local Government Area last week.

Though the VBIED was intercepted and destroyed by the troops, the shrapnel from the explosion tragically took the lives of those closest to the blast, including Alari, who, as always, was at the front.

The slain Lt. Colonel and the 21 soldiers were laid to rest at the Maimalari Military Cemetery in Maiduguri amid cries and tributes from the army, government and other mourners.

Borno State Governor, Zulum, had earlier announced a donation N30 million to the widow and orphans left behind by late Lt. Colonel.

https://newsday.com.ng/lt-col-alari-21-fallen-heroes-laid-to-rest-in-maiduguri/

NIgeria jas taken so much blood

Died for nothing...!!
The war rages on and many cashing out big time..

Politicians announcing donations is akin to medicine after death.

Why don't we avoid deaths/war in the first place.

Either you equip the military properly or you resolve the boko-haram debacle by educating and empowering villagers.

Instead, this Northern Politicians as always want to weaponize illiteracy and hunger, while still embezzling money meant for the welfare of soldiers.

You will notice something, they are very good at organising large scale marriage, but they will never organise large scale education or training.

I hope the N30m donation is paid to the family immediately, not the usual promise for the media.

I wonder how he would feel if he knew that five thousand Boko haram were recently released by Tinubu?

Chai. May his soul rest in peace. This is really touching. How will the wife and children carry on when told that bokoharam killed their bread winner.

May God grant strength and solace to the loved ones of every soldier who pays the ultimate price.

Watch video of the heavy gunfight that led to the loss of the galant Lt col

Fearless to the End: The Heroic Last Stand of Lt. Col. Alari and His Troops in the Timbuktu Triangle

By: Zagazola Makama

In the unforgiving terrain of the Timbuktu Triangle, where the desert meets destiny, a battle of immense ferocity unfolded.

It was here that Lt. Col.… pic.twitter.com/6GWEalYUEY

— Zagazola (@ZagazOlaMakama) February 1, 2025

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Keep pardoning bokoharam terrorists

Floky215:
Died for nothing...!!
The war rages on and many cashing out big time..

You are a fool

A liquor to the ground soldiers,Rest on

21 soldiers buried no noise, no ranting, no community was burnt down, no media spread, no fire and brimstone, No Twitter war, No military threat, pls can anyone give me reason there was no all this things listed above. And some fools will tell you Nigeria is one?

Buried just like that. No noise, no audacity, no retaliation, no retribution, just like that

Floky215:
Died for nothing...!!
The war rages on and many cashing out big time..

A man have to die for something

Even if that thing is called NOTHING

ArcFresky:
You will notice something, they are very good at organising large scale marriage, but they will never organise large scale education or training.

But this same things happen in the South too.... People sponsor other people's marriages
And theres mass marriages , especially in the Catholic Church that I'm aware of
So I don't really get all this noise about sponsoring mass weddings.

Citizens have different needs and its the duty of political leaders to attend to those needs . In many places up north because of the poverty, many eligible young people can't afford to get married , so politicians from time to time sponsor those eligible by paying dowries, getting the wife good and empowering the Groom so that he will be able to cater for his family.

If southerners decides they want their children to marry at a certain age, that shouldn't be forced on Northerners
That you prefer your young girls be prostituting on the street instead of being under the protection of a husband is your choice

Besides it's ignorance to believe most northerners are illiterate
They are well read. What they don't have and resist to an extent is western form of education. You will be surprised that that aboki cobbler is educated in Arabic and Islamic studies equivalent of a masters degree...

Why not Abuja military cemetery like late Lt Col Abu Ali

When will the army burn down the village like they did to Okuama?

All those useless idiots that claim to be patriotic whenever an officer is killed in southeast and southsouth, where are they? They have gone into hiding. Cowards!

Pawns laid to rest.

Peace to the fallen!!!

Thomas Ebisingha Alari - the name looks like he was from the South South. May his soul and that of the other fallen heroes rest in peace.

Difrent:
But this same things happen in the South too.... People sponsor other people's marriages
And theres mass marriages , especially in the Catholic Church that I'm aware of
So I don't really get all this noise about sponsoring mass weddings.

Citizens have different needs and its the duty of political leaders to attend to those needs . In many places up north because of the poverty, many eligible young people can't afford to get married , so politicians from time to time sponsor those eligible by paying dowries, getting the wife good and empowering the Groom so that he will be able to cater for his family.

If southerners decides they want their children to marry at a certain age, that shouldn't be forced on Northerners
That you prefer your young girls be prostituting on the street instead of being under the protection of a husband is your choice

Besides it's ignorance to believe most northerners are illiterate
They are well read. What they don't have and resist to an extent is western form of education. You will be surprised that that aboki cobbler is educated in Arabic and Islamic studies equivalent of a masters degree...

First, this is not a North vs South or me versus you comparison.
Yes there are a lot of educated northerners, but compared to other parts of Nigeria, they have the highest number of illiterates.
Now, Its not entirely the people's fault, but that of the leaders, which were actually the target of my earlier post.

Organising mass wedding is NOT giving the people what they need, what the people need is economic empowerment, which is directly related to the education or skills set, which you claim Northerners have but yet remain largely poor and useful to the elites.

Get the gist, the elites have weaponised poverty and economic literacy. Religious literacy is good, but it has only made most, tools for the elites.

That's why today, a Cleric can proclaim jihad on something and hordes of people answer with violence and vigour. Or a leader get thousands of votes just because he is backed by clerics, no questions asked.

Think, wake up!!!

Repentant bokoharam terrorists says Hii.. allahakbar..

The Audacity..
The village won't be burnt
Youths won't be killed


The most annoying part is that APC miscreants that love NIGERIA only when things like this happen in the SE are quiet.

Bashir Ahmad is quiet
GUMI is Quiet
Tinubu is quiet
Chief of Army Staff is quiet

Northern Army members are sent to the South to subdue and cause mayhem. While southern officers are sent to the North to be slaughtered.

The officer killed is actually from SS. This is an eye opener.

The jihad is REAL

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Y.I.B.O(remove the dots and it becomes IGBO)



NIGERIA happened to him.

Aren't you going to say something?

Just understand that you and your crew will experience same faith.

You can't dodge it.

ArcFresky:
First, this is not a North vs South or me versus you comparison.

Wasn't my intention too, you got the message I was trying to pass and that enough for me, every other thing you said is your opinion which you are entitled to express so long as you dont stop me trying to express mine

Roger3D:
You are a fool

Fact still remain that they died for nothing...

The biggest fool and idiot is the one who doesn't understand and know that he is a slave to the system...
You can look into the mirror and see one.