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papaejima1:
Below is a picture of Nigerian Soldiers in Gamboru Ngala and another location in the North-East.

Do you see any BLACK BOOTS?

papaejima1:
Pls can someone make out the name on the shoulder of the 4th soldier, the one with bloated abdomen?

It looks like an MU... something but I can't make it out clearly. Any photo expert in the house to pls help?

plendil:
This is truly terrible news if true. Highly disturbing. I sincerely pray it not true.

But even more disturbing is that fact that, on this thread, one can clearly detect the open glee from some diseased elements obviously wishing OP's claim were true. sad

Adminisher:
There is a popular video of Boko Haram trapping and capturing a T 72 . They also displayed captured British made tanks and armoured cars in the capture of Gwoza. Nigeria Airforce has destroyed quite a number of captured NA tanks from the air.

papaejima1:
I think these soldiers are Nigerian from their camo.

Jesus, what have we got ourselves into?

And hope this is not a chemical weapon attack?


And shebi Nyesom Wike just said the soldiers were dead and not missing, but we didn't believe him.

plendil:
This is truly terrible news if true. Highly disturbing. I sincerely pray it not true.

But even more disturbing is that fact that, on this thread, one can clearly detect the open glee from some diseased elements obviously wishing OP's claim were true. sad

ahamadegr8:
BE AWARE OF OUR ENEMIES' WICKED PROPAGANDA!
The enemies of the Nigerian state from withing are peddling this photo as that of the supposed 103/105 soldiers that were ambushed and killed by Boko Haram in Borno state recently. This is NOT true!
This is an old photo of our brave soldiers who died when their vehicle collided with a fuel tanker at Semti village near Godowoli town along Bauchi – Potiskum highway. The soldiers were returning from UN/ECOMOG operation. Look very carefully, you will notice that the soldiers all suffered severe burns. Other soldiers were completely burnt beyond recognition.
By the way, assuming it is true, which it is not, that these are the alleged 103/105 soldiers ambushed by Boko Haram recently, what is there to celebrate over the death of brave men and women who lost their lives protecting their country against marauding terror barbarians?
The Jonathanians and the IPOB mob celebrating these tragic events have proven to us and the rest of humanity that they are mentally and spiritually sick. They are truly the lowest of the low of human scum devoid of any human dignity.
These martyrs lost their lives while trying to save ours. May their souls rest in peace. Amen.
Dr. Idris Ahmed.
CUPS.
20/11/2015.

46 Nigerian Troops Returning From Darfur Peacekeeping Duty Killed in Crash


A petrol tanker slammed into a Nigerian military convoy, killing nearly four dozen soldiers hours after they returned from peacekeeping duties in Sudan's Darfur region, the military said Thursday.

The unit from the Army's 245th Battalion flew Wednesday from Darfur to the international airport in the capital, Abuja, and were heading back to home base by road when the accident occurred overnight, the military said in a statement.

Forty-six soldiers, including one officer, died in the flames after the petroleum tanker collided with two troop-transport vehicles on the road in northern Nigeria. Five other soldiers were treated for their injuries, the military said.

President Umaru Yar'Adua was planning to cut short a trip to Tanzania, where he was attending an African Union meeting, his office said.

"President Yar'Adua deeply regrets that having bravely confronted and survived the hazards of service in strife-ridden Darfur, the gallant soldiers returned home only to lose their lives in a dreadful vehicular collision on their way back to their base." the Presidency said in a statement.

"The president believes that the accidental death of these brave soldiers whilst on national service is an immense loss to the country."

A military burial was planned for Friday in Abuja. Nigeria has at least two battalions of soldiers serving in Darfur at any given time. Troops normally serve several months on the ground there before rotating back home. Seven Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on their base last year in Darfur.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with 140 million people, is the continent's largest supplier of peacekeepers and the country has spearheaded or hosted mediation efforts for many of Africa's hot spots, including Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan's Darfur, where rebels have battled government and allied militia forces for years.

Back home, accidents are common on Nigeria's poorly maintained roads. Even main cities are linked by pitted, two-lane roads crammed with passenger buses, trucks laden with goods and rickety private vehicles.

Drivers often travel at high speed and overtake slower vehicles, leading to head-on collisions and high death rates.

In January, a petrol tanker overturned on a road in the southern city of Port Harcourt, spilling its load into a crowded market. Some three dozen people died when the petrol ignited.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/05/22/46-nigerian-troops-returning-from-darfur-peacekeeping-duty-killed-in-crash.html