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Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by DaudaAbu(m): 9:15am On Jun 14, 2016
Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim (Rtd) has blamed politics for failure of the military to defeat Boko Haram under the leadership of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ibrahim on Monday in Abuja told journalists during a lecture he delivered at the National Defence College (NDC) on Military Leadership and National Security, that “In our time, there were so many distractions.”

The CDS served from October 2012 to January 16, 2014, and also as Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) from 2010 to 2012.

Ibrahim added that: “Up to the time the Commander in Chief then declared a State of Emergency, you will hear: ‘we are negotiating here and there, please slow down,’ north eastern elders were worried.

“Can you imagine fighting a war and the people you were trying to protect were thinking that soldiers out there on the streets of Maiduguri, were an army of occupation, which brought a lot of political dimension to the issues.

“And when political dimension, combined with several other policy choices, the result was what we saw, when the state of emergency was declared, I thought there was a little celebration, because the political dimension was like giving you a job and tying your hand behind your back.

“Besides the resources to take on such challenges were neither here nor there, to the level one would have expected, we were not prepared for the nature of the insurgency, even our procurement processes were tailored towards or heavier on conventional warfare.”


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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by madridguy(m): 9:17am On Jun 14, 2016
PDP is Boko Haram : Late Azazi

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by Destined2win: 9:18am On Jun 14, 2016
The question now is, 'how can buhari defeat them because all the acclaimed successes are yet too yield tangible results.


Boko is still on rampage

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by chikel2000(m): 9:18am On Jun 14, 2016
Let me get my dictionary

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by Untainted007: 9:18am On Jun 14, 2016
Noted
Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by DaBullIT(m): 9:20am On Jun 14, 2016
Clueless bloody civilian is not the same as a retired general

The difference is clear

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by fromnigeria(m): 9:21am On Jun 14, 2016
please who is Jonathan?

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by TonyeBarcanista(m): 9:21am On Jun 14, 2016
see as this man de cast GEJ.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by alizma: 9:21am On Jun 14, 2016
k

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by TippyTop(m): 9:27am On Jun 14, 2016
“Can you imagine fighting a war and the people you were trying to protect were thinking that soldiers out there on the streets of Maiduguri, were an army of occupation, which brought a lot of political dimension to the issues.

The above sums it up completely. During Jonathan’s administration northerners saw our military men as an army of occupation rather than their liberators.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by 989900E: 9:28am On Jun 14, 2016
Ibrahim added that: “Up to the time the Commander in Chief then declared a State of Emergency, you will hear: ‘we are negotiating here and there, please slow down,’ north eastern elders were worried.

“Can you imagine fighting a war and the people you were trying to protect were thinking that soldiers out there on the streets of Maiduguri, were an army of occupation, which brought a lot of political dimension to the issues.

We tend to politicize with sentiments, till things blow up -- same thing is happening in the SS now.

OTOH, the military under GEJ was as corrupt as scoliosis. You can't use the excuse given by the CDS to justify diversion of arms funds, sending soldiers to the war-front to essentially 'go and die', and many other atrocities perpetuated.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by NigerDeltan(m): 9:32am On Jun 14, 2016
Why cant he just say "why we failed in our assignment"

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by papayeye: 9:35am On Jun 14, 2016
Na yeye dey worry this General. E be like say D man don chop Aisha rice. But I no rilli see with my koro koro eyes, were d man use cement block knack Jonathan. D only tin wen I look for here Be sey na hawusa na spoil the fight against Boko Haram.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by robosky02(m): 9:43am On Jun 14, 2016
true Leaders take RESPONSIBILITY for their action

not to live on continues blaming of others for what they did or didn't do.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by AngelAhnie(f): 9:57am On Jun 14, 2016
robosky02:
true Leaders take RESPONSIBILITY for their action
not to live on continues blaming of others for what they did or didn't do.
This is the era of blamegrin

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by DaudaAbu(m): 9:58am On Jun 14, 2016
989900E:


We tend to politicize with sentiments, till things blow up -- same thing is happening in the SS now.

OTOH, the military under GEJ was as corrupt as scoliosis. You can't use the excuse given by the CDS to justify diversion of arms funds, sending soldiers to the war-front to essentially 'go and die', and many other atrocities perpetuated.

Or buying refurbished alpha jets without rotor

Or refusing to pay soldiers their feeding allowance

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by DaudaAbu(m): 10:01am On Jun 14, 2016
NigerDeltan:
Why cant he just say "why we failed in our assignment"

Failed ke?

When their pocket and account are full.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by DoyenExchange: 10:11am On Jun 14, 2016
Is that so? Ok.
Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by DaudaAbu(m): 10:27am On Jun 14, 2016
DoyenExchange:
Is that so? Ok.

It is sooo...

Yet people there are not ok
Alot of orphans have been created, bereaved parents tooo.
Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by amaechi1: 10:56am On Jun 14, 2016
Destined2win:
The question now is, 'how can buhari defeat them because all the acclaimed successes are yet too yield tangible results.


Boko is still on rampage

Rampage? Can we compare this recent rampage as presented by you and that of the previous that of the previous administration.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by ayukdaboss(m): 10:58am On Jun 14, 2016
Destined2win:
The question now is, 'how can buhari defeat them because all the acclaimed successes are yet too yield tangible results.


Boko is still on rampage

Boko haram is not on any rampage! Stop spreading false information. The Nigerian Army have contained Bokoharam to a great extent.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by DaudaAbu(m): 11:13am On Jun 14, 2016
ayukdaboss:

Boko haram is not on any rampage! Stop spreading false information. The Nigerian Army have contained Bokoharam to a great extent.


Dont mind them. What their principal couldnt achieve they wished no one can

Now that the difference is clear, they want to still stay in the past..

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by bugzy84: 12:06pm On Jun 14, 2016
The biggest mistakes GEJ made in changing his military top brass were replacing Admiral Ibrahim as CDS with ACM Badeh and appointing Lt Gen Minimah as COAS and decimating the Courses senior to Minimah.

However the Admiral forgets his allegiance to Nigeria is superior to his allegiance to his Commander in Chief.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by henrydadon(m): 12:27pm On Jun 14, 2016
angry
because he was sabotage and frustrated by tinubu
Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by Ptoocool(m): 12:28pm On Jun 14, 2016
I was seriously reading to see Minister Lie as the source of this p00,,
Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by amiibaby(f): 12:28pm On Jun 14, 2016
Live Jonah alone na abeg I de beg una

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by QuotaSystem: 12:30pm On Jun 14, 2016
Jonathan was a victim of his own incompetence and political naivety. There is no denying that he exploited the war in the NE to his political advantage.

Arms funds for which war were diverted to fund who's failed re-election campaign? Who would expect him to be serious about defeating BH when continuing the battle was a sure source of campaign funds? When Dasuki his NSA was busy deliberately sabotaging the military and funneling diverted funds to Wadata Plaza?

What a wicked and ineffectual buffoon. At his level of greed and incompetence, he will struggle to command even a Boys Brigade.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by Validated: 12:30pm On Jun 14, 2016
Some just read headlines and shared commenting ignorantly. Zombies!!!

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by passionate88: 12:31pm On Jun 14, 2016
Buhari sef

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by babestella: 12:32pm On Jun 14, 2016
Useless talk from a fearful goaty who thinks by talking in favor of PMB he could keep his job. Whoever says terrorist/terrorism could be defeated in 1 years is as useless as a dog pooooh.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by RedCapChief(m): 12:32pm On Jun 14, 2016
He's right that politics was responsible for the failure of the military to curb Boko Haram. Everything in Nigeria, even human life, is politics

When Ihejirika's boys went hard on Boko Haram, 'Northern Elders' wailed that the Army was strategically decimating the North. That was when we heard things like "An attack on Boko Haram is an attack on the North." These elders wailed and wailed, accusing Ihejirika of genocide because he was an Igbo man. They asked Jonathan to remove him, stop the military onslaught and allow them seek 'internal solution' to the menace.

Jonathan agreed and removed Ihejirika

Boko Haram metastasized and became hydra-headed, tearing apart the Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and even Cameroon. The same elders wailed that Jonathan had deserted them. They accused of supporting BH so that elections would not hold in the North. They spread word that he was "clueless."

Jonathan's state of emergency was so weak. I have never seen a military state of emergency where the elected government was allowed to continue - yet Jonathan allowed Shettima, Geidam and co to continue, just to placate them.

Then Chibok girls happened . . . and Jonathan was certified to be clueless by the people he thought were allies


“Can you imagine fighting a war and the people you were trying to protect were thinking that soldiers out there on the streets of Maiduguri, were an army of occupation, which brought a lot of political dimension to the issues.'
The people who spread this rhetoric are those who would sacrifice their own people for political power.

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Re: Why Military Under Jonathan Failed To Defeat Boko Haram – Former CDS by Xtopher123(m): 12:33pm On Jun 14, 2016
SO MANY OF YOU COMMENTING FAILED TO DIGEST THE MESSAGE BEFORE HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON.



I PITY NIGERIANS!!

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