₦airaland Forum

dukie25:
If you are a patriot you'd be against the present bigoted government of the Fulanis.

dukie25:
Sometimes you do make valid points. I think I agree with you on this.

chriskosherbal:
mind you I don't care about these politicians cos to me they are "suppose" to be our servants and meant to serve us but the the reverse is the case ....I am only concerned about my country Nigeria and the plight of those soilders who are at the receiving end of the actions/inactions of these politicians who play politics with human lives.

See sarrki I love this country God knows and I swear I want it to work but the truth is the truth, it cannot be developed, outdated or updated, you and I know deep down inside our heart that things are not working (let's remove our selfish interest from this) looking at it wholestically .

I rest my case with this illustration, I once asked someone "which person will go the Market to get a cup of rice for himself which is sold for #20 (assuming ) and on getting there found that the price has skyrocketed to #60,and will go to his church on Sunday to give testimony thanking God for the rise in price"...huh..

God bless Nigeria.

buhariguy:
as of 2014, 112 innocent Nigerians were extremely poor, in 2016 even under recession, buhari reduced poverty from 112m to 87m.

20b naira was budgeted for education in 2014 when oil was selling at $120/barrel.
But in 2016, under recession when oil was $30/barrel, education received 200b naira.

In 16yrs, PDP received $1.1tr from oil sales without a single project,
But APC received $94 in 3yrs with massive infrastructure.

gare:
Guy Leave PDP out of it, for once have the balls to blame your pay masters, Is it still not glaring that this Government has failed what else do you want then to justify the failure, $1 Billion was released for the fight against Boko Haram, but here the soldiers complain that the weapons are obsolete.

APC is in Power so you do not need them to share in failure of PDP, was is it PDP that released the $i Billion ?

PaChukwudi44:
So are you trying to say no soldier died or no soldier cried? So your only point is that the wrong picture was used?

FarahAideed:
What difference does it make? Are soldiers not crying tears and blood in the North East? This is child's play to the cry soldiers are really crying in the North East

chriskosherbal:
If we are to assume it is "fake" as you claim, be that as it may, the situation the soilders faced and are still facing is it not worst than this .

We are talking about human lives here and some are playing politics.

BAILMONEY:
GO AMD CUT YOUR BEARDS YOU THIS JOHADIST

Inspectorsuga22:
Shifting the goal post and looking for who to blame as usual

NigeriaIsDoomed:
Idiot ho sleep. Your lifeless daddy spent billions of dollars on defence without any result. U should be ashamed of urself. Oneday your whole family will be victims. Keep supporting that evil man.

pyyxxaro:
Angel Gabriel pls blow the trumpet b4 these BH boys finish our people

Some soldiers who survived the attack by Boko Haram on the military formation in Metele have sent an SOS to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to probe the quality of weapons procured by the military authorities and save them from further avoidable deaths.

In a video sent to journalists in Maiduguri, the soldiers accused the military authorities of providing them with obsolete weapons, which they said are grossly inadequate to effectively confront the insurgents in the ongoing counter insurgency campaign in the Northeast.

In the amateur video footage, the soldiers also levelled allegations against the military authorities accusing them of negligence which resulted into the death of scores of their colleagues in a series of attacks coordinated by the Albarnawi faction of the Boko Haram at Metele in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno.

Foreign wire agencies reported that dozens of soldiers were killed when the insurgents attacked Metele military base on November 18.

In the video, two soldiers, who claimed to be among the survivors of the attack, narrated the precarious condition of the troops and obsolete equipment which made it difficult for them to repel the insurgents’ attack.

The video footage showed the level of destruction of military equipment and makeshift shelters, while soldiers were seen packing their luggages, apparently preparing to live the camp.

In the video, the soldiers appealed to President Buhari—they repeatedly appealed to him— to intervene to save the situation from deteriorating.

“See what the Nigerian Army has been doing to us, they brought us here. See how they killed our fellow soldiers, they burn them inside the tanks”, a narrator in the video said.

“They are using us to make money; why? Are we not human beings? They can kill soldiers inside a tank; if Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) can penetrate M-RAG vehicle, what of a fellow human being?

“This is the location called ‘Metele’, This is a place they (the insurgents) took over 40 barrel and these people want to use us, and within one week they killed over 200 soldiers and we are now 147, they want to waste us here. It is a lie, our blood is not here.

“This is a Third World vehicle, a tank manufactured in 1972; and Albarnawi broke all of it.They want to use us and we are not getting anything from them.We want to tell the government of our condition.

“Please; the Federal Government should intervene before the insurgents come and kill us. They mocked us and said we are Zombies; animals, we do not know our rights, any order given to us we will follow.

“We are millennium soldiers, most of us are graduates.

“Look at what they did to this T12 tank; it is obsolete. It was a 1983 Czechoslovakian tank procured during Shagari’s regime. Is this the money the Federal Government provided to procure weapons?

“All the equipment are not working. When it fired two shots it stopped. All the weapons are obsolete and bought during Shagari(1979-1983).

“We know about the money the Federal Government gave to them but the Nigerian Army had turned us into a business”.

“All the money federal government gave them to buy weapons… Nigerian Army is buying INNOSON…. All these are obsolete… Oyinbo came here and said they are obsolete. All these weapons were bought during the Shagari regime in 1983… They have turned us to business…. Federal Government you will hear about it….

“All these weapons are not genuine…if you fire two times you have stoppages. This is 1983 when Shagari was head of state… Federal Government give them money, they go and buy INNOSON, Nigerian made… Federal Government please help us. Help us.”

The Nigeria Army on Friday, confirmed on its Twitter handle the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion at Metele, on November 18 by Boko Haram insurgents.

However, the military authorities response, which came five days after, was short on details and the extent of casualties.

The army said that it has laid down procedures for reporting incidents that involve its personnel who become casualties in action, as a form of respect to the families of the gallant troops.

It noted that the families were first to be notified before any form of public information so as to avoid exacerbating their grief were they to discover it from unofficial sources.

“It is suffice to observe that several social media, print and online publications have been brandishing false casualty figures as well as circulating various footages of old and inaccurate Boko Haram terrorists’ propaganda videos, and alluding it to be the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion.

“While; it is understandable how such misinformation can spread in this era of social media frenzy, the spurious circulation of some of these videos only contribute to further propagate the propaganda intent of the terrorists, misinform the populace and portray themselves as what they are not?

“So far, the situation in the location is under control as reinforcing units had been able to repel the terrorists and stabilize the situation.

In his reaction, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed deep shock over the killing of military personnel in Metele village by Boko Haram terrorists.

He gave an assurance that immediate measures are being taken to ensure that the loopholes which led to the fatalities are blocked once and for all.

Reacting to the tragic incident, the President said that his administration remains ever committed and focused on the security of military personnel and other citizens.

According to President Buhari, “No responsible Commander-in-Chief would rest on his oars or fold his hands to allow terrorists to endanger the lives of its military personnel and other citizens. Our loyal forces have proved their strength over the terrorists and we are ready to give them all the needed support in terms of equipment and manpower to succeed in ending the renewed threat. In the coming days, I am engaging the Military and Intelligence Chiefs in extensive discussions on the next steps we shall be taking.”

The President noted that fighting terrorism has taken a global dimension, which necessitates international collaboration among states facing similar security challenges.

President Buhari reassured Nigerians of his continued commitment to their security and of his efforts to sustain the momentum in the previous significant successes recorded against the terrorists.

He, however, advised Nigerians against making a political capital out of national tragedy, stressing that members of the armed forces are one family who are commonly committed to the security and safety of all Nigerians.

Evablizin:
Arrested!!! Now,now, what happen to those that killed over 50 soldiers?

baliyubla:
See the mumu Zombies convulsing on every IBOP news in the last 24 hours, but we have not seen them anywhere close to the news of the Massacre of over 100 troops of the Nigerian Army by ISWAP Boko Haram.

amaniro:
My Igbo people keep looking for trouble.