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Senegalese units of ECOMIG in play
I'm highly impressed with the senegalese
And senegal played a deft hand especially with respect to having a useful counterpart to help bring the casamance situation to an end.

ECOMIG Close protection units at the airport for President Adama Barow of Gambia

Those biafrans fought a war in 1966
They are not cowards like some who will sell their convictions for a bowl of porridge.
The fact they are still fighting 50 years after the civil war shows you that Nigeria has a fundamental problem
Instead of you to stop and think, u wave their issues away
The biafrans also told all of you about Buhari but you all had cotton wool in your ears and were calling them ipod, ipad and biafran rascals
Well, the chicken has come home to roost

IncredibleJoe:
I pity this country called Nigeria... it's a pity to see young men still talking about war and division of Nigeria. All these biafrans dat are flexing muscle here on Nairaland, can u fight war if it happens?? You guys should just move on already and live your life. It's not as if life will be better for you if we separate, it is only the politicians and the crisis sponsor that will enjoy it

Have you gotten over yoruba marginalization

The amount of hypocrisy in Nigeria is stunning...

ALAYORMII:
Why don't you guys get over this war already


Civil war happened, is happening and will still happen in other countries and they forged ahead despite it


Quick question


Didn't Biafran soldiers kill any Nigerian??

Africa failed itself

pembisco:
When they move from Europe to Africa =Voyages of discovery.
When we move from Africa to Europe =Illegal immigrants.
A group of Africans in Europe =Refugees.
A group of Europeans in Africa = Tourists .
A group of Afriicans in the bush = Poachers .
A Group of Europeans in bush = Hunters !
Black people working in a foreign country =Foreigners.
White people working in a foreign country=Expatriates!!

This world has failed Africa!

If after releasing 24 photographs, and what you see constantly are glossy pictures of senegalese army in the world press, then there is something problematic with information dissemination of NA.
Even a glossy beach landing of Nigerian warship NNS Unity with deployment of Nigerian troops could have been useful.

Proximity vs visibility

Guinea and senegal encompass guinea bissau but Nigeria still played a pre-eminent role there. Ditto for liberia, sierre leone

Anyway....

My point is that optics and perception is everything...

Henry240:
At no point have we played second fiddle. This operation wouldn't have been possible without extensive Nigerian support.

Adequate footage has been provided. The Nigerian military released 24 photographs, 1 video and 2 extensive statements. The only country to have done that in the ECOWAS bloc.


However, i think i understand what you mean.

The Senegalese almost completely encircle Gambia, and for 6 years, Senegal and Gambia used to be a country.

That's not the story. The story gives a detailed account of all the players involved in Operation Restore Democracy.

Kudos to the Senegalese contingent in Gambia.

If they actually fight as good as their battle gear, equipment and logistics then they are one heck of a military...

Am just curious as to why Nigeria's military is playing second fiddle again as they did in Mali.

By not providing adequate, timely media footage of its warship, fighter jets and boots on ground, they have failed to seize the initiative.

With glossy AFP photos of their army on ground, Senegal seized the moment.

The story will be told of how the senegalese chased out Jammeh

AFONJAS!!!
But why naa??
Kai!

THIS is the problem with Nigerians and black pple in general
ALWAYS ready to accept apology from oyibo people
Instead of telling them to fuqqqq off...

Yea, seems so.
I'm not so sure the people in defence headquarters have thought this one through.
Shouldn't they start with a Naval blockade 1st while they muster forces.
2 weeks crash course on invading a country might not be sufficient for a stretched NA
Most importantly, how do u raise funds in this recession?
The cheapest way probably would be to pay Jammeh's immediate bodyguards or army chief to neutralize him and hand over to civilians.
That will save everyone all this angst

tdayof:
Jammeh has been recruiting militants and rebels.

Interesting....
Nigeria needs to muster at least 2 battalions.
1 battalion of 800 men is insufficient. Even if the senegalese or ghanaians join up.
Gambian armed forces is probably at about 2000 men
ECOWAS have to use overwhelming force or the threat of overwhelming force...

tdayof:
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria raises troops for Gambia, ready to remove Yahya Jammeh
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/220259-exclusive-nigeria-raises-troops-gambia-ready-remove-yahya-jammeh.html

THE CRIMES OF SEAL TEAM 6

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/10/the-crimes-of-seal-team-6/?comments=1#comments


Interesting read...

As Oga Beegs would say, the same people are committing war crimes yet they have the temerity of accusing Nigeria of war crimes then withholding weapons sales?

What a hypocritical society America is.

Afonjas & JEALOUSY
SMH

coolesmile:
At least this one didn't join his fellow ibos in drug peddling. His brothers should emulate him.

Captain Victor Ugochukwu Ulasi. Medical doctor. Graduate of UNN. Husband and father of 3. Killed by Boko Haram in Yobe on Sat
RIP

Civilian vigilante/JTF operations


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ay4Qexq6dk

Boko Haram Defeat: Military Optimistic About Achieving Peace In Sambisa



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V_hjtRAPW8

Inside Boko Haram’s ‘Camp Zero’



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T_ze1XXc-Q


More details have surfaced regarding the taking of Boko Haram’s ‘Camp Zero’. A top military source that was part of the troops that stormed Sambisa Forest, has revealed to Daily Trust that Nigerian troops, in company of Cameroonian counterparts, took position for about a week in readiness. “We were told to pin down, meaning to remain where we were. We were seeing our target, which was Camp Zero, but had to wait for orders to attack,” he said.

The source also said the only source of water for the insurgents living at Camp Zero was a nearby irrigation plant at Alapo. “Within the seven days we pinned down, whenever we go to Alapo to fetch water, we had on several occasions clashed with insurgents coming from Camp Zero, also to fetch water. Whenever that happens, we exchange fire and on several occasions we killed a good number of them,” he said.

According to the source, after the seven days elapsed, the troops were ordered to retreat for another seven days, before the final attack, described widely as a success. He said: “Unfortunately, I believe, within the two weeks delay, that was when [Boko Haram leader] Shekau and his other commanders must have escaped. But military operations are complicated, and not waiting might have given rise to other problems. I am aware that there was intelligence that was corroborated with photos from a drone that indicated the presence of Shekau at Camp Zero at the time we were pinned down. The insurgents had all fled before we got there, and we only met some elderly people, children and a few AK47 rifles, with some small arms they left behind.”

The source said they found some Armored Personnel Careers (APCs), as well as other operational vehicles that the insurgents could not flee with. “However, the insurgents set them on fire before we got there,” he added.

There were many Boko Haram flags flying when troops stormed Camp Zero, all bearing the terrorists’ insignia, according to another highly-placed military source. There were clothes, pots, massive cauldrons and some food items scattered around the area, suggesting hasty departure. Also, there were a number of ‘satellite’, smaller settlements – or outposts – of the insurgents where troops found motorcycles and more household items like fridges, generators and mattresses.


Also seen around the general area, were unmarked graves, most likely of individuals and not that of mass burials. Inside the main building were rooms and larger hall-like ones which had Arabic inscriptions scrawled crudely in red or black paint. Daily Trust’s source also said there were indications that several trucks were parked at Camp Zero before troops got there.

Another top military source that was privy to the planning and execution of the attack on Sambisa Forest said the target was Camp Zero, where Shekau was said to be hiding. “We have not been able to cover the entire forest, as everyone now knows it is very wide,” he said.

Led by Colonel AG Laka, and supported by Major Manga, troops took off from Awulari where they had earlier converged. Both officers, and the work they have been doing in the North-East, are well-known to both troops and the local populace.

More widely-known, Camp Zero was the stronghold of sorts of the Shekau faction of Boko Haram, while a lesser-known but strategic ‘Camp Abuja’ is the headquarters of the Al-Barnawi arm of the terrorist sect led by their own leader Mamman Nur, was not attacked.

“Camp Abuja is also in Sambisa Forest, not too far from Kumshe, and near Banki, around the Nigeria/Cameroun border. I don’t know why it hasn’t been sacked yet,” the source said.

One of our sources said while the victory at Camp Zero is indeed impressive, it could have been better. “The way we stormed the place, and took it, was so smooth that it seems like a movie. I am hoping and praying for the best, but I hope this is truly the end of Boko Haram,” he said.

Efforts by this reporter to visit Camp Zero through a cashew plantation from Giwa Barracks axis was frustrated when some fleeing villagers revealed that the former base of the insurgents remains totally deserted, four days after it was attacked. The locals warned that insurgents could be lurking around, holed-up in some villages around the area.

Another operational source also gave details of a fierce fight that lasted days. “By the time we were ready to charge into the camp, they had set it on fire and fled. We found a wounded sect member strapped to an IED, and we stayed away cautiously. He cursed at us, eventually detonating it and killing himself,” the source said.

Being the stronghold of Boko Haram, especially Shekau, questions about Chibok girls were asked. The source said both the leader of the terrorists and the kidnapped schoolgirls were nowhere to be found. “I don’t think Shekau is with the [Chibok] girls, as he’s on the run. They most likely are with some of his top commanders,” he said.

Most of the people who spoke to Daily Trust on the Camp Zero operation feel caution needs to be applied, as Shekau is still at large. A senior academician in Borno State who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he watched the 11-minute video released by Shekau on Sunday, December 25, where he vowed to fight back and noticed that the heavy artillery behind the leader of the insurgents.

Military authorities, however, immediately shot back, saying the video is propaganda that should be disregarded.

Also, military officials gave more details about the Camp Zero operation. Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major-Gen. Lucky Irabor, said sect leader Shekau’s Qur’an and flag were recovered. “We believe that the Holy Book and the flag were abandoned by him as he escaped,” he said. “We’ve also made a lot of arrests,” he added.

Maj-Gen. Irabor added that troops arrested about 1,240 suspected terrorists during a mop-up operation by troops inside the forest. “We are still on the trail of the terrorists and I want to assure you that all escape routes have been blocked. Within this period, also, about 30 fleeing suspected Boko Haram members have surrendered to the Niger Multinational Troops on the shores of the lake Chad and we learnt that they were taken to Diffa in Niger Republic.”

Maj-Gen. Irabor noted that the Sambisa Forest-based camp was abandoned without any government presence, which made it easy for the insurgents to take advantage of the area.

Camp Zero was initially meant to be used as a training facility for the now-defunct National Guard, which was set up when General Ibrahim Babangida was in power.

Maj-Gen. Irabor added that the army would construct roads into the forest, and called on the government and other individuals to support its endeavour. “Let me state that we have won the war by destroying terrorists’ fortress, but we are now in a transition phase. We need to win the peace now.”

Boko Haram has killed over 15,000 people and displaced over two million during a seven-year insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic state in Nigeria.
- Daily Trust

No wahala, i don free am.
Make i hammer another bottle of Moet, my eye don dey shine.
lol

Henry240:
U knoe say dat persin go end up messing up d area yet u still go dey ansa am. Na unti e open our nyash 4 here na wen u go rest?

Everybodi free d matta, u free am 2 joor. Abi u wan tok sey u no sabi am.

Henry, free me.

You leave the person wey dey make moronic statement, come dey disturb me wey dey sip my Moet for yonder.

Henry240:
There's absolutely no reason whatsoever for you to reply him at all. All you have done is to take this thread into a trajectory for it to be wrecked.


It makes no sense.

1stly, this is an old picture.
2ndly,Most people/soldiers of Northern Nigerian extraction are asthenic in body structure
3rdly, they are obviously not on holidays in Sambisa
4thly, what is your sample size and confidence interval for this point you are trying to raise?
Lastly, what exactly is your objective in raising this obfuscating argument which basically has no point.
Short of mischief

As much as we like abusing the Nigerian army- they do have their shortcomings, like every other army
I think they have given a very good account of themselves in this Boko haram war.
They should equally be praised in good measure

Wingback:
Giant of Africa, look at how skinny the troops are.

Clips of Nigerian troops in Sambisa

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/army-searching-chibok-girls-seized-boko-haram-161228041756477.html

NA NorthEast theatre

And i said corrected.
You guys should give it a rest

Henry240:
That's not a Nigerian soldier bro.

Nigerian vegetation extends from mangroove swamp,rain forest, mountainous vegetation, savannah to sahel vegetation.
If you are basing your analysis on the type of camouflage, then you are completely off the mark.
However, a reverse tracing of the picture shows it from may 2016, difficult to say possibly russian extraction-donetsk.
Corrected...

Adminisher:
That is not even a sniper working in Nigeria, Niger or Chad. The camouflage would be woven Savannah not green forest

Army Sniper
Boko haram terrorists surrender to Nigerien authorities
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/219118-losing-sambisa-boko-haram-fighters-surrender-niger-republic-authorities.html

BMATT at Defence HQ

NA in BH stronghold Camp Zero
BMATT Training

NAF regiment

BMATT team in Nigeria

Nigerian Soldiers In Sambisa Forest

So the National Guard built underground bunkers in sambisa 3 stories under the ground in the 1980s
And left all the weapons they used for training there
The fuqqq
I had always wondered how Boko haram had the sophistry to build underground bunkers in sambisa.
This Boko haram matter is becoming curiouser and curiouser...

So they are no longer south south

They are now "igbos"

The thunder weyu go fire your whole generation dey do press up for Bundu waterside portharcourt.

Anu Mpama

favourmic:
Igbo kue nu

Igbo and crimes are like 5$6