abiodunalasa:


Those MRAPS..
are they the ones America gave us ?

Those are REVA MRAPS. Purchased from South Africa.

In the last picture is the Chinese caprivi MRAP.

Said it no once that policing secured area in North East has not been managed well by the authorities.


Rann recently got attacked and 3 UN workers were killed. Casualties on both sides too. Now tell me, as a relatively safe area with IDPs, how was BHT able to infiltrate? Bokoharam shouldn't be able to attack military outpost /FOB /IDPS in areas where military has control of.

dvkot:
You are 1000% correct, SARS is equivalent to USA SWAT they are meant for hard crime's, EFCC and ICPC are the ones that's supposed to be going after yahoo guys not SARS..

x-squad and others are the ones Incharge of cyber crime and investigation.

MOPOL /NPF SFis the equivalent of SWAT. As bad in behavior /etcas they seems to be, they have specialized teams under that same unit too.

abiodunalasa:


How true is it that IEDs being able to be remotely detonated depend on the size of the IED ?

Like the bigger the bomb the lesser the chance of being remotely detonated...

You can initiate detonation of any size with through a remote link.

bidexiii:
#Algeria- Mines, small-scale IEDs and related equipment discovered by ANP in search operations in Bouira Province. Such discoveries are fairly common, but official pictures showing the findings are rare.

Remote controlled IEDs seems to be common over there.

Pipedreams:
They will be more than happy to leave this shithole country.

Everything isn't about shithole please.

I'm lost here.

When the guy tried burning the vehicle, the reaction of the people around

Donlijez:
Top 10 Military expenditure by African countries in 2018.


Nigeria needs to step UP.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWqCGFFC87M

Haven't watched it but I'm doubting it already. With budget thst hasn't been approved yet and others still defending?

abiodunalasa:
Okay this is one of my Big brothers who have been to the NorthEast.
He didn't even spend 5months. He said they hardly go beyond the Metropolitan areas with strict instructions to stand down should Military come around.

That's definitely his area. Some are fighting along with the military and some are deployed in communities liberated to police the area. Plus the military last year established a presence 20km or so from every police outpost for fast response. Just like the director of information said this morning "we have other duties so once a town is safe, we always handover to sister agencies"

Your big brother looks young. May God protect him over there.

abiodunalasa:


No, I completely disagree with you sir.

The entire North East is under Military's AOR.
All my big brothers in the Mobile Policethat have been to the North East said the Police hardly see action. They are just there for formality. They dont get posted far beyond the major cities with relative peace in the NorthEast.
Only the military get to the hinterlands and battle fronts.
In fact, a very close brother just got back. He didn't spent more than 5months.
He said all his time there was doing "Vigilante" in a very peaceful street of Maiduguri.

What I am trying to say is that as far as the NorthEast is concerned, it is a pure military show.

Now, any time or anywhere the Military is done, they will formally hand over the AOR to the Police.
In this case of Dapchi, the Police said the Military never hand over formally, the military said they did.
Its the Police words against that of the Military.

In that case, they both deserve the hammer.

But left to me, I will hammer the Military more than the Police.

I refuse to agree that the entire NE AOR is under the military. I know of some guys who just came back. A former orderly to my.

MOPOL have little presence in NE compared to CTU does and some are on the battlefield. They even armed them with LMG.

Thousands of police officers are currently being deployed to NE. Their job remains safeguard the communities. They're not deployed to highly tensed area and plus the MOPOl squadron performed woefully against BHT which is why they were being replaced by CTU. MOPOL have most of their arms looted by BHT then which caused an issue between them and the military on whose weapon is bokoharam using at a point. Plus, BHT were mostly seen with their bullet vest.

A town like DAPCHI had a police team in it with military presence only at checkpoints. Even towns that are very much affected by bokoharam still have police presence. One of their deployment was when BHT ambushed their convoy few months ago.

DAPCHI was a safe town before the abduction.

newafricaken254:
South Korea scrambled more than 10 fighters just to monitor one PLANAF Y-9JB
China dispatched a single Y-9JB electronic warfare aircraft into Korea Strait on Feb. 27 and Yonhap reported that more than 10 fighters were scrambled by South Korea to monitor the four-hours flight by the Chinese.

8 fighters for what? All these people and military show off. After all only one will be there to shoot down the jet if there's need .

chinese8107:

Looks like SA has something similar in design.

Cc Frumentum

maasoap:





You meant that my post appeared to you like I was encouraging attacks on armed security personnel? No.
The person I quoted said that the policeman could have fired shots in self defence. I agreed with him. But do you actually know why that policeman didn't fire? He made the best choice by not firing because he was already left behind. There was no way he would kill some of the mobs and get out of that place alive.
Now, how did my post look like encouraging attacks on armed security personnel when it was simply my observation?

The guy had a gear on. Which can't be removed easily by the mobs. If the other officers fire 4-6 carnister of tear gas, you'll all leave him. If you don't, they'll be forced to shoot which is totally acceptable as per law of engagement.

Do you think if it was the military, several heads won't be rolling already? Life is something precious so it's never adviceable to argue with an armed officer.

Plus that's lagos, it won't take long before more police backup comes into the area.

On DAPCHI.

This isn't the time for the military and police to start accusing each other. As a relatively safe place, the Nigerian police has failed woefully in securing that community as the main law enforcement and para military agency in Nigeria. As a community, the Nigerian police desierves to have the fastest response time in such circumstance and the military failed woefully because of a poor response time.

Watching the director of information live call on AIT this morning, he claimed they never heard about it and immediately they got notified of bokoharam presence, they immediately deployed officers but informations didn't get to them very fast. He said military detachment could have intercepted them if they had passed through roads but as group of attackers, they passed through open spaces without checkpoints.

Here's why the police takes the biggest blame. The military detachment in such area was deployed to a town around the Nigerian border. As a community, police presence should always be available with or without a military checkpoint. If there was a police presence in such area, immediately after observing the presence of BHT, you don't even need to engage if you're not capable. There's a reason why the man with the radio is the most dangerous in a battlefield as he can turn around any situation. Send a radio broadcast to your own team if there's no interoperability. The police HQ can contact the theater command which will deploy military operatives immediately.


This scenario shows why bokoharam still has the gut to attack towns being liberated by military or being declared as safe. There's a bad policing of communities and town.

jakeporeshenko:
100% sure they are NAF, the camo is PLA

Said it here before. Have met with some of them before as my school has a good affiliation with PLAAF.

We also have engineers over there too.

Nigerian law enforcement agencies again? They are very unprofessional in communication with civilians. Putting more emphasy on their uniform and guns than their duty.

The problem is most Nigerian play into their hands. At Lagos island few months ago, I was approached by some officers and then requesting to search my bad. Looking at the DSP who was Incharge, I responded by addressing him by his rank and name Sir, you have no right to do so and if you're willing to continue forcefully, which is against your employee ethics and PSC conduct then be ready to dance to the tune. It was all a way to get back at him with no idea about the damn code of conduct.

Once you start addressing those officers with oga, boss, smiling face etc, then you should be ready for their inhumane part.

lionel4power:

where's odunayaw when you need him.

this right here is called "a poor man's close air support"

It's cheap, easy to operate, reliable and most importantly..... it works.

ask the libyans how they used something like this to great effect against the Chadians in the Toyota war.


all you need to do is
1) reinforce the wing
2) upgrade the engines
3) upgrade avionics
4) mount rockets and gunpods
5) jolly hunting

This is the Nigerian Airforce. You are ordered to land or we will shoot you down.

nemesis4u:


Just giving a alternate perspective.

What about the possibility that the military don't have the required no of isr platforms for persistent coverage.

As u will know after every flight , there is a turn around time for maintenance and pre flight checks and if there is no duplicate platform then ur not going to get the Intel required.

For a given sector , u will require 3 platforms , 1 for deployment another on standby mode and another in maintenance mode for persistent coverage and to cover for all contingencies.

I don't even know how NAF maintenance is being done. 4-5 A-Jets were recently deployed for their search while the F-7s are in Markurdi AFB for 3 hours maintenance.

Plus they just deployed 3 ISR platforms. 2 ATR and 1 beechcraft so I doubt those aircrafts were not available to be deployed. Should take less than 30 minutes to deploy to Yobe from anywhere the ISR is being housed.

Half Of Dapchi Schoolgirls Taken To Niger Republic 

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/half-of-dapchi-schoolgirls-taken-to-niger-republic.html

Can someone tell me how long after the kidnap ops started did the military get to know about it? ISR should have been deployed immediately. IMO, first response should have been immediate deployment of ISR platform. Later deployment means we will need additional Intel especially HUMINT which may not be readily available.

In as much as I praise the Nigerian military for their action and grounds towards ISWAP and BHT, it's no doubt that they really flopped. An abduction will either lead to a SWAP or ransom except you're willing to make them a statistics of collateral damages.

jakeporeshenko:
The inadequately staffed Nigerian police force is now trying to disarm licensed individuals. Misplaced priorities ! This is making every civilian a target to be preyed on by criminals.

According to the Nigerian firearm act and law, the inspector general of police doesn't have the right to ban the use of licenced firearm throughout the country. Only the president can issue such order. The IG reserve the right to either issue or not to an individual and the c-i-c order stays above his.




The President if he thinks fit may at any time by proclamation prohibit the possession of or dealing in any firearms or ammunition, either throughout the Federation or in any part thereof, and either absolutely or except subject to such restrictions or conditions as may be specified.
Such proclamation from the President may require the surrender of firearms and ammunition within a specified time and to a specified authority, and any person neglecting to make such surrender, or being in possession of or dealing in any firearm or ammunition during the period that such proclamation is in force, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand naira or imprisonment for two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

jakeporeshenko:
The inadequately staffed Nigerian police force is now trying to disarm licensed individuals. Misplaced priorities ! This is making every civilian a target to be preyed on by criminals.

Abeg, this is the same news like all road blocks are to be removed, no police checkpoint should be present on highway except patrol.

Still same thing.

LordIsaac:
Lolz....no intelligence gathering....straight to jet....Africa! I just pity all the inhabitants of Dapchi, their goats, dogs and chickens. Hmmm, all these jets will bomb them indiscriminately for allowing crime to take place in their community. O, Nijeriya!

No intelligence gathering? What are those aircrafts for? Those are ISR aircrafts.

Nigerian banks were facing several cyber security threats so Henry had to concentrate on his work to avoid a billion naira slip off.

bidexiii:
Photos....

Dodo

It's obvious OP is a private university product.

@Topic

Who gives a damn about the certificate you hold? There are alot of polytechnic / college of education graduates doing better in terms of practical knowledge than University graduates. Nigerians and unnecessary arguments.

jteku:
Is the profile ARA MRAP already in service .

Let see review from the military. Apart from that, that's some intimidating MRAP out there.

Odunayaw:
I am glad you understand the angle I am coming from, I likewise understand yours. I just feel 500 soldiers should/could have been gotten in a far more longer time taking into cognisance the role,funding available to the service,logistics etc. This is one of the reasons why I respect the NN SBS,even at the height of the insurgency they withstood mass production(which is only possible through reduction of some standard (might I add that standard comes from expected) operational picture) and still churned out numbers below a gross.

NNSBS is a standard SF. AFSF standard sef never reach their own.


NAF SF squads in my opinion are just officers trained to be highly skilled than the rest. Someone ones used this statement here "all operators are SF but not all SF are operators" I guess this summarise it.

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jakeporeshenko:

The captured fuse being carried by the soldier?
(At least I think it’s a fuse I’m not sure )

Yes. Looks like some sort of warhead.

jakeporeshenko:
What NAF platform drops a bomb with a fuse this large
Is Boko Haram trying to develop hell cannons ?

Another question. Where did bokoharam get that?