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Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Nobody: 9:22am On Sep 03, 2018
buharitill2023:
I believe the army
Pigs believe that stinking dirty water is clean
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by jamace(m): 9:24am On Sep 03, 2018
Lie lie APC.

If APC says come, you better run.
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by TimeManager(m): 9:24am On Sep 03, 2018
kiss the truth!
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by buharitill2023: 9:26am On Sep 03, 2018
KEVIND:
Where in the world will 30 Soldiers of a country killed in cold blood and the President will still remain in a foreign land and not deem it fit and necessary to rush back home.This is catastrophic
is that not a prove that you are lying, how can 30 soldiers be killed, which weapons boko Haram use.?
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by femmy2010(m): 9:26am On Sep 03, 2018
AngryNijerian:
Lifelessness everywhere. The economy lifeless, the power sector lifeless, the roads lifeless, the military/all security agencies lifeless, oga Buhari? that one is the epitome of lifelessness.
"SHiIT HOLE" Resident .
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by fakuta(f): 9:30am On Sep 03, 2018
GOD WILL PUNISH THEM!!!!! TWO OF THE KILLED SOLDIERS ARE FROM MY VILLAGE cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Andrewkinggg: 9:30am On Sep 03, 2018
It's quite unfortunate that people still supports this government!

This government is filled with lies and deception
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Xander85: 9:31am On Sep 03, 2018
Sharpshooota:
I wonder how a sane human being will leave his family and friends and go fight Boko Haram....

Look at yusuf Buhari
Is he not man enough to be in the army and leading the line. ... He is busy buying luxury bikes and mansions everywhere ...

Only fools die for Nigeria
In England, even Princes of the realm serve in Her Majesty's armed forces, but here in Naija Buhari Jnr is too delicate for that type of work!
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by nkul: 9:32am On Sep 03, 2018
"On our side, I’m yet to receive casualty figure on my desk, if there was any. So, I cannot confirm that we had (any) and I think it’s very untrue for anyone to (say we had that casualty figure).”

Sir, 'casualty figure on your desk??' you better go and confirm from the field
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Wiseandtrue(f): 9:32am On Sep 03, 2018
KingOfAmebo:
"On our side, I’m yet to receive casualty figure on my desk, if there was any. So, I cannot confirm that we had (any) and I think it’s very untrue for anyone to (say we had that casualty figure).”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse


--WHO DO WE BELIEVE?

--IF THE REPORTS WERE TRUE, WHAT IS THE NIGERIAN ARMY HIDING?

--WHY THE COVER UP?
You don't have the report yet huh How true is this in itself undecided

Then if you don't have the report, what is the wisdom in questioning those who had huh

I don't blame the armies running away! As at now, the Nigerian government does not value their life!

In fact, they don't value any life!!!
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by AngelicBeing: 9:32am On Sep 03, 2018
AngryNijerian:
Lifelessness everywhere. The economy lifeless, the power sector lifeless, the roads lifeless, the military/all security agencies lifeless, oga Buhari? that one is the epitome of lifelessness.
Chai shocked

Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Racoon(m): 9:33am On Sep 03, 2018
StillX10:
That's NA for you, this is not the first time they lying against established fact
under this government even NA does not value the sanctity of human lives, especially those of Nigerians
My brother! It's so bad & sad. cry cry cry
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Greatozone(m): 9:34am On Sep 03, 2018
YurFatHer:
aaaaahhhhh... who is the liar now
If you ask meeee... na who I go ask....?


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Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by AngelicBeing: 9:34am On Sep 03, 2018
femmy2010:
"SHiIT HOLE" Resident .
Hahaha, Shithole jungle shocked

Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Shaev7(m): 9:37am On Sep 03, 2018
How long will the govt keep telling lies? its like True Lies . RIP to the dead though.
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by adecz:
undecided undecided

So you want to believe the same
govt who paid millions of dollars to
Boko haram to release the Dapchi & chibok
School girls but denied.

It was when the same foreign press exposed
them that they admitted with style
that they actually paid.

This govt does not know that official lieing
is kwarruption.

And the lifeless one will be there
forming holy, holy

undecided undecided undecided undecided undecided
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by KEVIND: 9:37am On Sep 03, 2018
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by SamuelAnyawu(m): 9:37am On Sep 03, 2018
Just 30? With the number of Soldiers dying here in numbers. well let me keep quiet because the MODS always delete my comments from a nairalander here on ground
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Almisbahussalaf: 9:38am On Sep 03, 2018
Can't the army go and investigate the real number of the casualties?
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by jamace(m): 9:39am On Sep 03, 2018
Andrewkinggg:
It's quite unfortunate that people still supports this government!

This government is filled with lies and deception
I feel the NA is being restrained by "order from above" not to fight boko haram like professional soldiers. If not, why should a professional army confine itself to self defence only?
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by obailala(m): 9:41am On Sep 03, 2018
Realname:
Believe APC or this lifeless government at your own peril

The Nigerian army has always been known to lie

So the report is very true

Buhari the lifeless illiiterate terrorist sponsor cow whisperer has failed tremendously

2019 will fix this
This same Nigerian army also lied about these same issues under the last PDP government. So ehat exactly has this got to do with APC?
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by RillJ(m): 9:46am On Sep 03, 2018
--WHO DO WE BELIEVE? - Who stand to gain selfishly from their position? Who have reason(s) to lie? this is the one u must not believe

--IF THE REPORTS WERE TRUE, WHAT IS THE NIGERIAN ARMY HIDING? - The TRUTH subject to that 'if'

--WHY THE COVER UP? I can only adduce possibilities as;
- That Nigerians may not know the true state of things
- It may underscore other previous propaganda spewed from the same andor related sources
-It may undermine the government's earlier postulation of a successful anti-terror campaign. Govt is supposed to have 'technically defeated' Boko Haram'
- Much more about 2019, the Govt cannot afford to be seen to have failed in the fight against terrorism in the North

*** Several other possible reasons but let me not bore you too much bro.


KingOfAmebo:
There was a recent report that at least 30 Nigerian soldiers died in combat with Boko Haram jihadists who overran a military base in the northeast near the border with Niger, [b]two military sources told AFP on Saturday.


They came in large numbers in trucks and carrying heavy weapons and engaged soldiers in a battle that lasted for an hour,” a military officer said.

“We lost at least 30 men,” the officer said, adding that the attack took place at around 4:00 pm.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/30-nigerian-soldiers-killed-in-boko-haram-raid/

FOREIGN MEDIA COVERAGE

Subsequently, the news was also reported on foreign media outlets such as:

Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security/islamists-in-northeast-nigeria-kill-up-to-30-soldiers-sources-idUSKCN1LH3U1?il=0

Aljazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/nigerian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-army-base-raid-180901141047508.html

Daily Mail Uk

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-6121655/30-Nigerian-soldiers-killed-Boko-Haram-raid-military-sources.html

VOA

https://www.voanews.com/a/sources-islamists-in-northeast-nigeria-kill-up-to-30-soldiers/4554322.html

PressTV

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/09/02/572930/Nigeria-Boko-Haram-Takfiri-Militants-Borno

France24

https://m.france24.com/en/20180901-30-nigerian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-raid-military-sources


MILITARY DENIAL

However, less than twenty-four hours later the military denied the report.

REPORTS emerged yesterday that at least 30 soldiers were killed during a battle with suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State.

The report carried by an international news agency, Agence France Presse, AFP, has been countered by the Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole.

The report had claimed that troops deployed in Zari town, Guzamali Local Government Area of the state, came under attack on Thursday, leading to the ugly development.

Reacting to the report in a telephone interview, spokesman for Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, while confirming the attack, denied that the Army suffered casualties.

According Colonel Nwachukwu, contrary to the report, several of the terrorists were killed by the military troops just as he said the terrorists’ equipment were captured.

Hear him: “That information is not correct. It’s true that we had an encounter with Boko Haram at a location called Zari. The Boko Haram came to attack that community, and our troops deployed few kilometres away from the location, countered the attack.

“The ground troops were supported by the Air Task Force, and several Boko Haram Terrorists were killed, and we also destroyed many of their equipment, weapons.

"On our side, I’m yet to receive casualty figure on my desk, if there was any. So, I cannot confirm that we had (any) and I think it’s very untrue for anyone to (say we had that casualty figure).”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/30-killed-soldiers-not-true-theatre-command/

WHO IS AFP?

The news agency that first reported the news is Agence France-Presse (AFP) an international news agency founded in 1835, AFP is the third largest news agency in the world, after the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse


--WHO DO WE BELIEVE?

--IF THE REPORTS WERE TRUE, WHAT IS THE NIGERIAN ARMY HIDING?

--WHY THE COVER UP?
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by sureheaven(m): 9:46am On Sep 03, 2018
A military officer that has no name...
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Oleash: 9:48am On Sep 03, 2018
The Nigerian military has a long history of lying and cover up. They lied about the gudumbali massacre of over a hundred soldiers only to finally admit and erect a monument years later for soldiers that died in an event that "never happened". I would rather believe the internationally acclaimed AFP.
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by Oxygen1998: 9:48am On Sep 03, 2018
Another deluded Nigerian.
I know buhari is gonn win in 2019 not because he has done well but because those that that supported him in 2015 are still blind to c that what he claimed to b he is not. He might have come when Nigeria was abt to b looted away, but since his resumption to office we have not seen any substantial change, therefore, the rational thing to do is to look for help elsewhere to salvage our current situation, but no, ppl like u will always remain dogmatic
buharitill2023:
I believe the army.
If your children are not missing, and an Outsider said they are missing.
The AFP were there, but PSP told them and the jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of bia-fra terrorist digest it because Boko Haram is their fellow terrorist.
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by buharitill2023: 9:49am On Sep 03, 2018
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by metroid(m): 9:51am On Sep 03, 2018
This modern days of Internet, Satellite communications, GSM, etc Nigeria Army is yet to get report from their front line cry cry
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by buharitill2023: 9:51am On Sep 03, 2018
fakuta:
GOD WILL PUNISH THEM!!!!! TWO OF THE KILLED SOLDIERS ARE FROM MY VILLAGE cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry cry
so only your village produce dead army,
Get out here.
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by strangest(m): 9:53am On Sep 03, 2018
I am not against setting the Dapchi girls free... but paying Boko Haram is the worst crime against the soldiers out there... they paid Boko Haram to acquire more advanced weapons to kill you... that is just the sad truth...
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by docadams: 9:55am On Sep 03, 2018
What if the story is not true?
Re: AFP Or Nigerian Army? Who Lied About The 30 Military Men Killed By Boko Haram?. by AlphaStyles(m): 9:56am On Sep 03, 2018
okosodo:
The nigerian islamic army has consistently lied and the lies have been consistently busted. @ op, you are asking a rhetorical question
which one is islamic army? is islamic name in their logo?
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