₦airaland Forum

bidexiii:
they're under attack and yet he has time to post on social media.

EVarn:
We don't have the required aircrafts for sustained bombardment, we don't have the required APC/MRAPS to enable an all-out land offensive(else we lose men like toilet paper), we are still digging trenches at this stage of the war, many cases of tired old AK47s jamming/overheated/exploding during battle; basically, we are sitting ducks, relegated to defending pockets of cleared zones. How then will ISWAP not continue to harass and overrun our bases in overwhelming numbers, seizing useless tanks and artillery?.

rka2:
NAF

Toju200:
let the CAS provide these guys with ARA I mean alot with some HMG and good ammo,RPG and stage them in the NE ISWAP will regret ever coming into Nigeria

ugo4u:
You wan kuku turn NAF to army infantry.

yoged:
Saw this on this JTF guy Facebook page . I think he is station in Bama

SamuelAnyawu:
Eventually over 6 LGA in Borno are in control of Bokoharam.

I think Monguno and Damasak are the only LGAs standing in Borno North

SamuelAnyawu:
Eventually over 6 LGA in Borno are in control of Bokoharam.

I think Monguno and Damasak are the only LGAs standing in Borno North

ugo4u:
Seems like we're far away from winning this war. It's high time the armed forces especially the Army and Airforce quadruple the number of Officers and men they're currently taking in. There are huge swathes of land unmanned especially in the north east, that's why BH can easily take territories with little or no resistance.

SamuelAnyawu:

I think Gubio or Magumeri. They are now under BH

mekussa:
The criminal silence from the heirachy and populace is even more worrying

ugo4u:
Seems like we're far away from winning this war. It's high time the armed forces especially the Army and Airforce quadruple the number of Officers and men they're currently taking in. There are huge swathes of land unmanned especially in the north east, that's why BH can easily take territories with little or no resistance.

SamuelAnyawu:
My pain is the way Soldiers have been paying with their lives unnecessarily in this Ongoing insurgency war. I have met llots of Soldiers who have paid the supreme price. Dear Nigerians the country is on a full scale war. for Godsake the Government should understand that these soldiers used as cannon fodders have wives, kids, siblings and loved ones

Lemme don't say much for security reasons

Litmus:
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Is this Nigeria? I hate red berets. African Banana republics portrayals in movies, news items and documentaries ruined those for me.

SamuelAnyawu:
Eventually over 6 LGA in Borno are in control of Bokoharam.

I think Monguno and Damasak are the only LGAs standing in Borno North

ugo4u:
Seems like we're far away from winning this war. It's high time the armed forces especially the Army and Airforce quadruple the number of Officers and men they're currently taking in. There are huge swathes of land unmanned especially in the north east, that's why BH can easily take territories with little or no resistance.

EVarn:
Seems BH/ISWAP is really after Borno North, out of 10 local government areas,only Monguno has any coherent military presence, the rest have been deserted. Places like Abadam,Marte,Kukawa and so on have zero military presence and little civilian presence. Infact, even Borno South isn't safe(look at Bama). To the extent that in some places, residents have to pay taxes to BH, according to reports.

Something drastic needs to be done. It all boils down to the Lake Chad corridor where these people ferry smuggled weapons through; if what it would take to stop this catastrophic flow of ammunitions is an all out invasion of Chad and annexation of the Hadjer lamis-massakory region, I think we should start considering it.

This is getting serious, we need to restrategize and like Ugo said, increase the quota for recruits. We desperately need to control that Lake Chad region, beef up intelligence,and avoid incessant losses of arms to these people. From what I have observed so far from reports and all, it seems these BH guys are well versed in the art of ambushes; they will send a contingent to attack a military base and while the attack is ongoing, another contingent is lying in wait fo the inevitable back-up to come to the aid of the distressed soldiers(maybe from a neighboring military formation), they then proceed to bombard the rescue team, loot arms, kill soldiers and join their colleagues in finishing off the soldiers at the base. They have been employing this unholy tactic for a while now. To imagine that some people are still dreaming of those disgraceful crop-dusters that aren't landing until 2022.

If they completely overrun Born North and Borno Central(which they are about to succeed in doing), stealing our weapons and getting huge reinforcement of arms through the LC corridor, then a major offensive to capture Maiduguri is inevitable.

Baba Buratai needs to be sacked abeg, clearly, the man has lost initiative. Is this how all our gallant men will die finish at the hands of BH?. Not long ago, we lost so many soldiers in one fell swoop that the entire theatre command of Operations Lafiya Dole had to be restructured.

jpphilips:
Why will BHT waste logistics smuggling weapons through the Chadian corridor when they can walk into any base to get anything they want?