If buhari gets reelected for a second term he will persecute premium times for this.

Army kill 100million boko haram, bokoharam kill 2,000 armies; dem nor go ever show us d picture or deir corpse. Breast people #Ndi ala!. Tufiakwa!

murphyibiam15:

stop making noise from a southern state... enter borno and fight boko haram, then we will see if you're strong as u truly claim, coward

Bokoharam are not different from those abokis who do sew slippers and sell indomie. Are they?

I thought we have gallant soldiers. Could it be that d sects of our soldiers that confronted Nnamdi Kanu, were d ones sent to Borno state to fight Boko Haram; insurgence would have definitely be a thing of past. .
Let us be going; one day, our Bros over d other sides; we believe that if not for British; Igbo would not only defeat Nigeria but conquer it.
I only feel pity on some of d soldiers that felt sorry for d misbehavior of their colleague toward peaceful protesters in d East. But for those that laugh and rejoice over it; even if God decides to ressurect them again, I will still pray that Boko menace will jam them again.

Without a functional Air Force, you cannot defeat an insurgency.

A well armed drones and fighters parading the theatres of war 24/7 will cripple Boko Haram long before they even get to a point of attack.
That is why serious nations don't do anything without a synchronised Air Force in place.

A good Air Force does 75% of the work with zero casualty in this case since boko has no surface to air missiles.

Nigeria need to upgrade her Air Force and fast.

Algeria destroyed Al-AQIM by raining fire from the sky constantly and took no hostages.

It is the time for Nigeria to do the same. Go fast and go hard.

End this madness. Pursue them if they cross to neighbouring countries.

I bet Nigerians do not understand the implications of these Boko Haram victories. The long and short of it all is that the Nigerian government is supplying Boko Haram with weapons free of charge. The devastating effect of this, is better imagined than experienced.

Most nigerian soldiers these days are not in the army because they love the army,they are there because of lack of Jobs, they are there for the style,the fake bravado,in one sentence you complained of lack of ammunitions and equipment's, in another sentence,you explained how the boko dogs captured SEVEN loaded gun trucks and other truck loads of ammunitions, these guys lack real bravery and commitment,how can they say that there is no armoured tank in a battalion close to lake chad,the head quarters of the boko roaches,i thought buratai goes there to do regular press-ups with the boys and girls they.

A Nigerian soldier who survived the deadly attack on a military base in the northern part of Borno State on Monday said they suffered a heavy casualty due to lack of adequate weapons.

So what did buhari and his men spend the $1 billion on?

Gozzzy:

I wish it's as easy as you take it to be, my dear. E be like secret cult... it's easier to enter than to leave.

Na true.
leaving is equal to cowardice and the punishment is execution by firing squad.
Abeg no dey.

Henry240:
How?
Better equipped with what?
<b>Boko-Haram now roll around in Tanks?</b>

lolz the problem is our military is tactless. outflanking is the name of the game. they are easily outflanked.

Gozzzy:

God bless you. They don't seem to understand that the government, the defence chiefs and the commanders aren't helping matters in this war..... they are the reason, morale is seriously falling.

Exactly

The defence chiefs are the cause of this mess

And Buhari being the idiot he is, is still retaining them

How can there be so much deaths and bloodshed in this country and Buratai, Dambazaau et al still have their jobs


In a normal country like the USA, they would have been long deposed and another who can do the job take over

But my country, filled with fools blinded wirt nepotism and narrow mindedness

they even hail this incompetent president.

Splashme:
HOW BOKO HARAM KILLED OVER SOLDIERS IN METELE ATTACK - SURVIVOR

A Nigerian soldier who survived the deadly attack on a military base in the northern part of Borno State on Monday said they suffered a heavy casualty due to lack of adequate weapons.

The soldier, who managed to escape the attack alongside other injured troops, said at least 70 soldiers died in the attack.

He said the corpses of the slain Nigerian soldiers are yet to be evacuated, days after Boko Haram took advantage of their lack of munitions, and dealt them a devastating defeat.

The attack at Metele village in Guzamala local government area of the state happened on Monday evening.

PREMIUM TIMES broke the story on Tuesday detailing how rampaging Boko Haram insurgents overran a Nigerian Army battalion in Borno State on Sunday, killing the unit’s commander and dozens of soldiers.

Military sources told PREMIUM TIMES that large cache of arms, ammunition, and military equipment were carted away by Boko Haram fighters during the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Guzamala Local Government Area, at about 6:00 p.m.

Security analysts described the attack as a huge setback for government forces trying to push terrorists further out of Nigeria’s north-eastern flank.

The attack came amidst rising fears for the fate of the troops from the base, which has suffered several attacks in recent past.

PREMIUM TIMES reported on Monday that there were efforts being made to evacuate corpses of the fallen soldiers on Tuesday morning.

But according to some of the soldiers who survived the attack, the move to evacuate the littering corpses was thwarted by the Boko Haram fighters who held their ground and forced the soldiers to abandon the mission.



How Metele was attacked
According to the soldier who survived the attack, their location was invaded after Boko Haram allegedly issued a threat letter last Friday that it would soon take over four strategic military locations around the Lake Chad region.

PREMIUM TIMES has not been able to see or confirm any copy of the threat letter mentioned by the military sources.

“The attack came at about 6pm on Monday evening”, said the soldier.

“When the soldier on top of the observation post alerted that a large number of Boko Haram fighters were advancing, we all got alarmed as we took cover and waited within the base in Metele.

“The fight did not last for more than 45 minutes; but it was bloody because the Boko Haram fighters had more armament advantage that the soldiers.

“When we realised the fight would be against us, we decided to retreat from the camp, but it was rather too late. The camp was surrounded with barbed wire, and the enemy fire was coming from the direction of the entrance. We were like surrounded.

“One of the drivers of the gun trucks decided to push through the barbed wire so that other vehicles could follow and escape, but the truck got stuck, that was how many of our soldiers in other vehicles and those on foot were massacred.

“Those that managed to escape with injuries made it on foot through Cross-Kauwa to Monguno where they boarded commercial vehicles, some even sat in the booth of the Golf cars to get to Maiduguri.

“The Boko Haram made away with about seven gun trucks of the Nigeria army.

The senior non-commissioned military source said no fewer than 70 soldiers were killed while many others who were outgunned by the Boko Haram fighters had to flee.



The soldier, who claimed to have made it to Maiduguri on foot after escaping the heated battle, said an attempt to return to the battlefield to evacuate the bodies of the fallen heroes was thwarted by another attack from the insurgents.

The soldier, who pleaded strict anonymity in this report, informed PREMIUM TIMES that troops in the field are still facing serious challenges of inadequate ammunition and motivation.

The soldier said the deployed team that went to evacuate the bodies of the soldiers could only pick about five corpses before they suffered yet another ambush attack from Boko Haram fighters, forcing them to abandon the mission and fled.

“Up till yesterday, Wednesday, the evacuation of the corpses have not been completed, to the best of my knowledge,” he said.

The source said troops have been recording death of many soldiers almost on a daily basis as Boko Haram sustained attacks on military formations.

“We need the world to hear how we are being sent to slaughter as though our lives don’t matter,” he said.

It could be recalled that on August 12, a group of soldiers stationed at the Maiduguri International Airport staged what seemed a mutiny following a protest over military authority’s move to redeploy them to the frontline.

The soldiers insisted that the redeployment would put them in danger following the fact that those deployed earlier suffered serious casualty due to inadequate arms and ammunition.

The military command in Maiduguri dispelled the claims of the soldiers and some of the revolting soldiers were later court-martialled.

The source to this report said despite the protest and the subsequent court-martial, some of the soldiers that were deployed still suffered the fate that befell their colleagues.

“Some few weeks ago, about 75 of us from our own unit here in Maiduguri were deployed to the front line and it took the grace of God for about 40 of us to return alive.

“When we returned and gave our complaint, we were asked to go back again to Metele, an area near Kangarwa forest, and we have been there for about three weeks now fighting a defensive battle.



“We beg the Nigerian media to help us by echoing out our muffled voices. The children of poor Nigerians have been turned into chicken meant for easy sacrifices by our commanders.

“We are being killed on daily basis as if our lives don’t matter. Of course as soldiers we signed to lay down our lives in defence of this country, but certainly not in the manner we are being presented for slaughter without dignity. A soldier should die fitting and not being chased or overpowered.

“Our morale has been dampened so badly – not only because we are not given our due allowances; but for the fact that we have been outgunned by the Boko Haram.

“The situation has gone so bad that it has gotten to a stage that soldiers would be rushing to pack up their camps and flee upon hearing the news that Boko Haram fighters are advancing.

“We have suddenly lost our spirit of launching attacks because of lack of resources to prosecute the battle. Many of us are ready to do our best, but there has been no requisite support from those sending us out there.

“As I am talking to you now, we have about 70 corpses of soldiers littering the battleground in Metele and when we went to evacuate them on Monday, the Boko Haram gunmen came out in large numbers from all angles – so we had to abandon the corpses after just picking five of them. We left most of the corpses there as I am talking to you now.

“The media need to give this clear picture to the world – Nigerians need to know what we are facing here in the battlefield. Only some of us that escaped managed to get to Maiduguri on Tuesday, but many others are yet to surface.

“The fact of the matter is that we still have a very large number of Boko Haram terrorists out there. As far as the Nigerian army is concerned, it will take more than ten years to chase out Boko Haram from our hinterlands, without the help of foreign forces.

“We can only brag that we can defeat them; but in reality, we lack the capacity to do so, given the kind of approach we accord to prosecuting the war.”

Metele is, for now, regarded as one of the strongholds of Boko Haram in the northern part of Borno State.

It could be recalled that it was in Metele that about 18 Nigeria soldiers were killed and about 151 soldiers and six officered were declared missing when insurgents raided an outpost of 157 Battalion on October 8.

The military had reported that it had killed at least 76 Boko Haram fighters in Metele while giving seven soldiers dead and 16 injured as the official figures of casualties recorded during the attack no troops’ location.

The military, both at the army headquarters, Abuja and at the theatre command in Maiduguri, have not responded to text messages sent to them by PREMIUM TIMES for this report.



https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nnorth-east/296967-how-boko-haram-killed-over-70-soldiers-in-metele-attack-survivor.html

“He said the corpses of the slain Nigerian soldiers are yet to be evacuated, days after Boko Haram took advantage of their lack of munitions, and dealt them a devastating defeat.”

“Military sources told PREMIUM TIMES that large cache of arms, ammunition, and military equipment were carted away by Boko Haram fighters during the attack”

Ayam not understanding this type of reporting. In fact, ayam in severe pain!

We cant provide enough weapons to fight boko haram in 4years we need another 4years
All hail buhari

OGHENAOGIE:
ordinary knock out sm of ina go run... insurgency is not s kids game u hear.....

But to harass and kill ordinary unarmed people, it becomes a child's play.

cucumbae:
Training the recruits in depot should not only be about pining their heads on the ground for hours.sitting in the sun for many hours.Doing frog jump,asking them to run 3kilometre race and swimming inside the gutter.All these don't happen in battle field.Teach them how to confront their enemies with different fighting techniques.When i went for the screening the former was the case.

you don't mean it

are you saying our soldiers are not well trained ?

Came across an officer dat was just redeployed from Maiduguri just last month after fighting boko haram for good 4 years..... After congratulating him for returning savely, he made me understood that this issue of boko haram still has long way to end cos there many ogas in the Nigerian Army making cool cash over dis issue on a monthly basis.

The issue of BH is a very worrying issue.. It's so complex to the extent that the military is confused, they don't know how to tackle the insurgent any more the rate at which BH are killing innocent soul is so alarming, the soldiers are very demoralised and weak as a result of the panic the BH has created in there mind, an average soldier still wishes to live and enjoy this life but the reverse is the case for a terrorist that's make a huge difference. Another germane issue is the ammunition, I think there heads should be summoned on this and asked what they have used there funds for because the so called military is now a base for corruption like the NASS, there Bosses steal and embezzle there fund meant for ammunition Puting the loves of the officers at risk all in the name of obey the last order. In the case of BH no stone should be left unturned, as for the president he knows little about what his going on, they want him to know what ever they wanted him to know Couple with lies from someone like lie Mohammed who has no integrity all in the name of propaganda who sees lie as his hobby.

Ugosample:



Exactly

The defence chiefs are the cause of this mess

And Buhari being the idiot he is, is still retaining them

How can there be so much deaths and bloodshed in this country and Buratai, Dambazaau et al still have their jobs


In a normal country like the USA, they would have been long deposed and another who can do the job take over

But my country, filled with fools blinded wirt nepotism and narrow mindedness

they even hail this incompetent president.

Making excuses for him too. If the army is being infiltrated and sabotaged, whose job is ur to purge? Shey na me?

ontarioissauga:

Making excuses for him too. If the army is being infiltrated and sabotaged, whose job is ur to purge? Shey na me?

who am I making excuses for??

are you sure you read and understood what I wrote?

Samade7:
Came across an officer dat was just redeployed from Maiduguri just last month after fighting boko haram for good 4 years..... After congratulating him for returning savely, he made me understood that this issue of boko haram still has long way to end cos there many ogas in the Nigerian Army making cool cash over dis issue on a monthly basis.

true that

Hmmmm, and they want us to put up with this for another 4 years. Na wa o.

Ugosample:


who am I making excuses for??

are you sure you read and understood what I wrote?

I'm on your side, buddy. The country is dead!

Ugosample:


you don't mean it

are you saying our soldiers are not well trained ?

Yes sir. Without equivocation

AkpaMgbor:

This is funny..I guess it's not hard going commando and Rambo on those with sticks and stones on the street..but when they meet an enemy that has the capability to fight back bullet for bullet story go change..

n besides Boko Haram is more of sabotage n conspiracy from within so they are very open to attack n defeat. I have a cousin who told me everything about Nigeria n Boko Haram. it's not ending soon cos many people are cashing out with it, any insurgence group that last more than 24 hours is backed by people in power. so defeating Boko Haram will b hard cos that's some politicians paycheck n they won't want to loose it

gurunlocker:
Oh No! Not again.....


How did we get here? These are the ones we only hear of, thanks to reputable press that doesn't let themselves to be used by the government. I believe many things are still going underneath, yet they keep. shouting they've defeated Boko Haram.

we got here when we allow propaganda to destroy wat we were building.... we re reaping from wat we sew

Buhari where is the one billion dollars you budgeted for Book haram. Has the money been Dasukied

darkelf:


Yes sir. Without equivocation

But they don't need training and munitions to kill unarmed people.

Kahujadekadura:
I thought we have gallant soldiers. Could it be that d sects of our soldiers that confronted Nnamdi Kanu, were d ones sent to Borno state to fight Boko Haram; insurgence would have definitely be a thing of past. .
Let us be going; one day, our Bros over d other sides; we believe that if not for British; Igbo would not only defeat Nigeria but conquer it.
I only feel pity on some of d soldiers that felt sorry for d misbehavior of their colleague toward peaceful protesters in d East. But for those that laugh and rejoice over it; even if God decides to ressurect them again, I will still pray that Boko menace will jam them again.

It's more than meets the eye, my dear.

God should vote us,a God fearing man to govern this our county with honesty,equity,no bias and fear of God to make Nigeria great again.

Thank you jare. They claimed they were outgunned yet were running away with several gun trucks and said BH got much armament from them. If they had confronted BH with all they had instead of beating a retreat having been conquered by BH psychological warfare they would have prevailed in my view. They said they weren't motivated. So staying alive wasn't motivation enough?

Henry240:
Nigerian soldiers, like the Federal Government are too full of complaints.

As an individual that has followed the military for many years, some of the losses ground troops face are embarrassing to say the least.

Nigerian troops lost at-least 2 Main Battle Tanks, 1 APC and 7 heavily armed gun trucks.


How can they claim to be out-gunned?

Fulani people are evil. Ojukwu and Biafrains saw this decades ago but the morons in same space with Igbos no go hear until the Fulani evil/demons descend on them in the name of one Nigeria. Nigeria is not a zoo but it's soldiers die like flies in the hands of non haters while you call truth sayers haters. But not I guess these hateful Igbo people of BH are soo bad killing in love.


Meanwhile the are killing those they want to be killed and transferring weapons they want to be transferred to those they want it to be transferred to in preparation for "general" onslaught while the politics goes on and people are fed with bs.


Their only achievement is to threaten NK.

okosodo:
They are sacrifice to allah

Are you serious !!
Not only sacrifice to Allah but sacrifice of Sallah !!

Ewu , ewu, Gambia