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Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by obi4eze(m): 4:45am On Dec 09, 2025
Tinubu too like wahala!
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Eboofa: 4:46am On Dec 09, 2025
fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI4xTS-xfW8

From the

Done in Bamako, December 8, 2025

Army General Assimi GOITA

President of the Transition,

Head of State of the Republic of Mali

President of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES)


where is that online miscreant Reno Omockery...........the data boy with the shoe brush beard...time has come for him to earn his keep! Send ambassador reno to bring our plane...he go explain taya!
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by dominique(mod):
Traore just implemented the death penalty for certain crimes and spying on his government is one of them. E go red for these soldiers if they're investigated and found out that they're working for France.

OracleJay411:
Burkina Faso is a country ruled by tyrant and dictator
It's his duty to on protect his country from intruders. Nigerian military in were deployed to Benin, what were they looking for in Burkina Faso, a country thousands of kilometres away. It's plain to see that they were sent by the French, you are expect Ibrahim Traore to fold his arms and watch them come and covert operations from the French government?
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Emekaonline: 4:59am On Dec 09, 2025
If this is true, a statement from Abuja is enough to send jitters to the coupists in Burkina Faso. It is like Nigeria threatening America. The country that is not more than two states in Nigeria will not dare to see the red eyes of giant of Africa. Most kids commenting here were not borne during the time of ECOMOG
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by omoredia: 5:06am On Dec 09, 2025
Disgraced nation
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Nextjs: 5:11am On Dec 09, 2025
That's what they know how to do... Violate other countries sovereignty and turn around saying trump has no right
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Ten06(m):
I hope it is not the Federal Republic of Nigeria they are referring to here? If it is true, Tinibu should be careful of how he listens to France and should not let France use him. We have not been able to solve our insecurity problem
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by ARISHEM:
Meaning that action is beyond ECOWAS, because the confederation of Sahel states comprising of only Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are the countries under military rule who removed themselves from ECOWAS to form a bloc.
What there hell was our troops thinking by flying over there
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by omoredia: 5:18am On Dec 09, 2025
Its only in Nigeria people will be complaining anout terrorism to the leaders that are sponsoring the terrorists
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by PepeXKermit: 5:20am On Dec 09, 2025
FreeStuffsNG:
I am not sure that you comprehend the report.

The soldiers were not on combat mission and probably routine ECOWAS patrol with no previous hostile notice given by Burkina Faso because we are not at war with them. The impostor coupist is apprehensive for obvious reasons that Nigeria can dislodge him from power.

Burkina Faso will not dare face Nigeria and ECOWAS for obvious reasons. They have been at the magnanimity of ECOWAS countries on humanitarian grounds. Nigeria still bailed out Niger recently with about 400 tankers of fuel when they got stranded. Burkina Faso, Mali are impoverished and landlocked, and like Niger, still using sea ports of ECOWAS countries to recieve everything they depend on and even export.

If this report is true, I will not be surprised if our aircraft and soldiers are already home.

They don’t want the Benin experience from Nigeria and the rest of ECOWAS.

It's nice to know that ECOWAS is now taking the fight to them after Benin.
Fulls always bequeath too much importance to their existence.if Benin hold nigerians for violating their airapace, the only channel that can rememdy this is diplomatic. Nobody will go and fight a full nation becauae of 11 people, not to talk of a federation of three states.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Inkling(f): 5:20am On Dec 09, 2025
Let see how it goes. It is time we test our military might.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by PepeXKermit: 5:22am On Dec 09, 2025
Emekaonline:
If this is true, a statement from Abuja is enough to send jitters to the coupists in Burkina Faso. It is like Nigeria threatening America. The country that is not more than two states in Nigeria will not dare to see the red eyes of giant of Africa. Most kids commenting here were not borne during the time of ECOMOG
No be by population my dear. There was once a time japan, a small nation hold china under chokehold for many centuries...
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Druss(m): 5:36am On Dec 09, 2025
FreeStuffsNG:
I am not sure that you comprehend the report.

The soldiers were not on combat mission and probably routine ECOWAS patrol with no previous hostile notice given by Burkina Faso because we are not at war with them. The impostor coupist is apprehensive for obvious reasons that Nigeria can dislodge him from power.

Burkina Faso will not dare face Nigeria and ECOWAS for obvious reasons. They have been at the magnanimity of ECOWAS countries on humanitarian grounds. Nigeria still bailed out Niger recently with about 400 tankers of fuel when they got stranded. Burkina Faso, Mali are impoverished and landlocked, and like Niger, still using sea ports of ECOWAS countries to recieve everything they depend on and even export.

If this report is true, I will not be surprised if our aircraft and soldiers are already home.

They don’t want the Benin experience from Nigeria and the rest of ECOWAS.

It's nice to know that ECOWAS is now taking the fight to them after Benin.
There doesn't need to be war for a nation to stop another nation from entering its airspace. That said, this is not good news. It means West Africa is divided into 2 blocs - ECOWAS (US backed) and CAS (Russia backed). CAS is looking for conflict with ECOWAS. This is similar to Europe pre WW1.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by professorPABX:
id4sho:
Watery beans for our soldiers, Tinubu will go and deal with that Traore boy undecided
Tinubu doesn't need to do anything to that boy. On Facebook on Sunday Morning, I said Benin Republic is not a Sahel country and is between Nigeria and Ghana. I said Nigeria and Ghana would intervene on the Coup situation. I intentionally brought out the issue of Sahel country but kept mute on the reason . It is now very clear .

Firstly, on Monday, yesterday December 8, 2025 what is our Plane doing on Burkina Faso Airspace? Again, Burkina Faso doesn't have the gut to stop Nigeria Fighter Jet from making transit over the Airspace to Ivory Coast or Ghana . Again, on Monday, December 8 what is our Plane doing around that area?

In 2021 when Kidnappers were reported to have kidnapped students of an Islamic School in Niger State, an Air Force Jet took off from Abuja enroute Niger State developed fault few minutes later and crashed. Two days ago again, another plane took off to Niger State for the same mission (Security) but not from Abuja and got crashed, this time around, the Pilots survived by ejection from the plane. Niger State claimed two Air Force Jets without mission accomplished. I reserved my comments and curiosity.

Psychologically, we need to know the crews onboard the Air Force Jet that was forced to land in Burkina Faso. In 2017 BUHARI sent Air Force and Soldiers to Gambia to compel the President to handover to the next President. Gambia embattled President as at that time and his Defence Chief cannot force Nigeria Jet fighter to disembark.

The Minister of Defence, CDS and CAS need to find out what really happened.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Druss(m): 5:37am On Dec 09, 2025
PepeXKermit:
No be by population my dear. There was once a time japan, a small nation hold china under chokehold for many centuries...
Tell them. Once a time? Japan owned China severally when it came to war. I don't think China has ever been able to invade Japan.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Druss(m): 5:40am On Dec 09, 2025
Yankee101:
Release them before Nigerian trips get deployed to the entire region
We may not be eeefetively fighting inside banditary due to political considerations but I can assure we we are capable and will fight any outside unwarranted and unwelcome aggression

Ask Sierra Leone and Liberia
Stupid of Nigeria to go to war over this. Diplomacy first and if this continues. Sanctions on CAS.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by bamasite2: 5:46am On Dec 09, 2025
Were you able to understand the part that why they could even spot them, let alone land there, was because there was an 'in flight emergency?"
esnbrutality:
That writeup was very direct and was not hard to comprehend. Is understanding an issue for you? Anyway it's normal with Tinubu supporters.

In summary...

Your airline violated airspace without informing the host nation of it's intended flight path. They forced it to land and your plane and soldiers are in captivity.

Is that not simple to understand?

The question you should ask is this...

What are these soldiers doing in the Sahel
Who gave the go ahead for the departure.
Who were they going to meet?
What was the purpose of the trip

As regards your hubris concerning recon. You can't violate a countries airspace, when it's obvious the country is Not your friend. To these countries ECOWAS is DEAD.

Go school ..na IGBO obsession no make you know book
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Inception(m): 5:48am On Dec 09, 2025
PepeXKermit:
No be by population my dear. There was once a time japan, a small nation hold china under chokehold for many centuries...
Help me tell am ooo

Many Nigerians are delusional. common insecurity we cannot handle, na country we get full backing of Russia you dey try shake small yansh
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by amaridigital(m): 5:53am On Dec 09, 2025
stanluiz:
What will be the fate of those soliders ? Tinubu is using Nigeria military to protect France interest in West Africa.
He should protect Russian interest in Africa bah?
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Reference(m): 5:53am On Dec 09, 2025
But does Burkina have the hardware to protect it's airspace. Not many countries do and in Africa perhaps just a couple, if any.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by SpaceX: 5:55am On Dec 09, 2025
Nigeria don turn client to Burkina Faso remain to start billing us
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by IamAtAnger: 5:58am On Dec 09, 2025
Rest abeg... una reasoning at times ehn...
esnbrutality:
That person is always feeling educated but na confirmed empty barrel.

How can a C130 leave NIGERIA and even the Chief of Air Staff doesn't know about it? C130 is not a regular airline ooo. It moves equipment and personnel seamlessly.

How can they fly a part way above countries that are hostile to ECOWAS and even France that TINUBU is friends with?

What makes you think it's not COUP plotters that left the country to go and strategize?

The Sahel breeds a lot of JIHADISTs and as things stand in NIGERIA. Even TINUBU is not sure of his own safety. He has refused to leave Aso Rock since the Coup scare.

His moves against NIGER REPUBLIC are still fresh in their memories. Remember that most Northern Senators and people of influence from the north told him NOT to invade NIGER REPUBLIC and now his Military is trapped in a country that have bilateral agreements with his enemy called NIGER REPUBLIC.

I can Beat my chest that TINUBU and his crew aren't incharge of the Military. He just appointed his brothers thinking they can save him.

I even remember a picture of gbajagbiamila with bulletproof vest. grin


That is why they are doing everything to please the North by sabotaging the whole South.

Nnamdi Kanu is a prime example of what they use as a bargaining chip.

Anyway..all their moves are pedestrian and it shows that with all their sophisticated noise, they are really empty.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Babangidapikin: 6:00am On Dec 09, 2025
In your best interest better release the crew and craft on time or risk bombardment ..you na radar no dey work sef.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by fashrola(m): 6:02am On Dec 09, 2025
Reference:
But does Burkina have the hardware to protect it's airspace. Not many countries do and in Africa perhaps just a couple, if any.
I don’t think they have but their inclination to Russia at recent times could prove otherwise, They only intercepted the flight during “in flight emergency” meaning the plane could have landed on their soil and got impounded by the military
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Alsenora: 6:03am On Dec 09, 2025
Your explanation is succinct. Thumbs up. Many ignorant haters of Nigeria are already giving their baseless versions.
FreeStuffsNG:
I am not sure that you comprehend the report.

The soldiers were not on combat mission and probably routine ECOWAS patrol with no previous hostile notice given by Burkina Faso because we are not at war with them. The impostor coupist is apprehensive for obvious reasons that Nigeria can dislodge him from power.

Burkina Faso will not dare face Nigeria and ECOWAS for obvious reasons. They have been at the magnanimity of ECOWAS countries on humanitarian grounds. Nigeria still bailed out Niger recently with about 400 tankers of fuel when they got stranded. Burkina Faso, Mali are impoverished and landlocked, and like Niger, still using sea ports of ECOWAS countries to recieve everything they depend on and even export.

If this report is true, I will not be surprised if our aircraft and soldiers are already home.

They don’t want the Benin experience from Nigeria and the rest of ECOWAS.

It's nice to know that ECOWAS is now taking the fight to them after Benin.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Princedapace(m): 6:04am On Dec 09, 2025
I
Yankee101:
Release them before Nigerian trips get deployed to the entire region
We may not be eeefetively fighting inside banditary due to political considerations but I can assure we we are capable and will fight any outside unwarranted and unwelcome aggression

Ask Sierral Leone and Liberia
Why do Nigerians love to make noise?
U violated their airspace. U are at their mercy. U violated their airspace. And U are threatening them. Are U Nigeria govt? Some of U don't really know what is going on. Look, if care is not taken, Nigeria may get into serious trouble here. There is a power play between Russia and France in these countries. Russia has made them kick out France from these countries and I'm sure Russia hand dy for that Benin issue. On the other hand, France is using Nigeria to get info since French president and our president are paddy. I'm sure France helped Tinubu with intel about the coup that was discovered in Nigeria too.
The Sahel states are fully backed by Russia now. Make Una dey pray make what happened to Ukraine no happen here where Nigeria becomes a battle ground for two super powers. This is not noise noise talk. E go blood. We already have countless problems.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Racoon(m): 6:06am On Dec 09, 2025
Why going to violate the Burkina Faso airspace. The mission of this crew needs to be thoroughly invested
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by OctavianAC(m): 6:15am On Dec 09, 2025
OracleJay411:
Burkina Faso is a country ruled by tyrant and dictator
When last did your country that is not rule by tyrants and dictator detect and track a plane that moved across its airspace. Boko Haram, ISWAP, Bandits, illegal gold miners and private choppers moves across the Nigeria airspace daily without anyone knowing. The last time an American troop came and rescued their citizen without Nigeria Air Force knowing about it.
You see on this airspace issue, Burkina Faso had made a good record than us.
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Omalicious1: 6:20am On Dec 09, 2025
fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI4xTS-xfW8

From the

Done in Bamako, December 8, 2025

Army General Assimi GOITA

President of the Transition,

Head of State of the Republic of Mali

President of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES)
Why writing in French? I thought they had done away with foreign language
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by Okoroawusa: 6:22am On Dec 09, 2025
I didn't see anywhere in the circular where It said that the military personnel were detained. Maybe I didn't read it well sha
Re: 11 Nigerian Soldiers Detained For Violating 'Burkina Faso Airspace' by OkukoIgbo: 6:25am On Dec 09, 2025
id4sho:
Watery beans for our soldiers, Tinubu will go and deal with that Traore boy undecided
They go naked your tinubu boxers and show the world his pampers
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