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Whyem15:

God blesse our military pic.twitter.com/VRuVDMFbNF

— Sadiq Abubakar (@abh4real) February 10, 2021

Found this video on Twitter, don't know how recent it is but one of the soldiers made mention of the location being the headquarters of bokoharam.
If true, it is obvious that the terrorists have abandoned camp and dispersed far ahead of the arrival of the military in the camp. This can only mean few things, either they are withdrawing to concentrate their forces in a more easily defendable position, they are luring the troops into a massive ambush or they are simply dispersing to regroup after the offensive has lost its momentum. Whichever one it is, there is need for massive deployment of ISR platforms to smoke them out. Unfortunately, one of the ATR 42 is currently in Germany for maintenance. The death toll on the the part of the terrorists is just too low in relation to the gains of the offensive.


Also noticed in the video is the heavy deployment of tanks and other heavy firepower equipments.

Just found out that Izza was attacked on January 27 by NA and NAF two weeks ago, so it might justify the reason why it was abandoned by the survivors.

https://twitter.com/Affan1030/status/1359457952772612098?s=19


This video confirms that the terrorists are withdrawing from their strongholds and avoiding battles with the army. It is up to the airforce to be ahead of the army to clear them out before they move. And then maybe special forces to harass them and pin them down.

God blesse our military pic.twitter.com/VRuVDMFbNF

— Sadiq Abubakar (@abh4real) February 10, 2021

Found this video on Twitter, don't know how recent it is but one of the soldiers made mention of the location being the headquarters of bokoharam.
If true, it is obvious that the terrorists have abandoned camp and dispersed far ahead of the arrival of the military in the camp. This can only mean few things, either they are withdrawing to concentrate their forces in a more easily defendable position, they are luring the troops into a massive ambush or they are simply dispersing to regroup after the offensive has lost its momentum. Whichever one it is, there is need for massive deployment of ISR platforms to smoke them out. Unfortunately, one of the ATR 42 is currently in Germany for maintenance. The death toll on the the part of the terrorists is just too low in relation to the gains of the offensive.


Also noticed in the video is the heavy deployment of tanks and other heavy firepower equipments.

bidexiii:
NOTORIOUS BANDIT AUWALU EMBRACES PEACE, SURRENDERS 20 AK47 AMONGST OTHERS IN ZAMFARA

Lasting peace seems to be on the horizon in Zamfara state as an erstwhile notorious bandit, Auwalun Daudawa and his group yesterday 8th February 2021, surrendered 20 AK47 rifles and other dangerous weapons to the state government.

In a brief ceremony at the premises of the Governor’s office, Auwalun Daudawa handed over the weapons and also, along with his team mates, swore with the Holy Quran not to revert to his old ways.

Auwalun Daudawa said he was not surrendering his weapons because he and his team were tired of their old ways.

In recent times, the military, under its Operation Hadarin Daji, has intensified its onslaught against bandits operating in the state, neutralizing no less than 52 of the dastardly criminals. It could be for this reason that the bandits have decided to lay down their arms and embrace peace. The troops have sustained an aggressive posture against the bandits forcing many of them to flee the state or surrender.

Recall also that renown islamic cleric, Sheik Dr Ahmad Gumi also met with various bandit groups recently, calling on them to surrender and embrace the ongoing peace initiative in the state.

Imagine how effective this would have been if they had actually thought about preventing further importation and production of small arms while mopping up the ones already in circulation.

shadowprimezero:
Good news lads! Seems the long awaited Yabhon Flash-40 UCAVs are in Nigeria

May have been in Nigeria months ago. They just keep quiet about everything

marvin906:
But that doesn't remove the fact that they being used as political tools most of the time..

Please mention 10 instances DSS operated purely on political basis after 2014

marvin906:
So the rest aren't worth the name just like the useless dss

LOL, if DSS decides to start performing the way they are meant to, all of us here will start shouting they've been politicized and are being willing tools of oppression of this administration. It is something many of us have said on this thread. That was what we were all talking about before 2020 when in actual fact most security threats are politically motivated.

SamuelAnyawu:
I just enter Maiduguri now from deep field.

Which kind car be this
Seen around Gidan Madara Maiduguri. Tho I promised to keep all my military pictures for my book only

FV103 Spartan APC
Huge successes recorded in the sambisa axis, local herders reported seeing fighters of the JAS shekau faction moving north towards Northern Borno and lake Chad axis( I pray the ISWAP faction do them strong thing and also pray it isn't a tactical withdrawal in the face of heavy onslaught). Troops in northern Borno have been alerted that the northern borno/lake Chad axis offensive will begin anytime from now, one only prays more air assets are available to provide support.
All super camps in that area are filled with troops and sufficiently supplied in preparation for the offensive.
NA is currently training new recruits that will hold the liberated grounds(not sure but I think they are those being trained in Falgore forest).
If this tempo is sustained, even the lake Chad Islands won't be safe for the terrorists.

Odunayaw:
Why do you think the Artillery corps haven't been doing anything

If they are working effectively, every terrorists and bandits will know that setting up bases or camps is setting themselves up for attacks. There will be fewer and weaker bases and camps from which terrorist and militants can operate from, armored vehicles, guntrucks, VBIEDs destroyed, fabricating workshops destroyed, logistics destroyed.

With air interdiction and Artilleries alone, their capabilities can be significantly reduced.

Whyem15:
Reading about the Timbuktu triangle and I found out the place was heavily protected by the insurgents with some camps having the capability to bring down low flying aircrafts. Several soldiers have been lost in that area until the insurgents were finally dislodged from the location few days ago.

My question is what exactly is the purpose of the NA artillery corps? Artillery bombardment would have made the camps hell for the terrorists. The same thing with the bandits camps in the forests of northwest and northcentral Nigeria. Many of these camps can be targeted by artillery bombardments. The psychological effects alone is enough to prevent many of the attacks from the terrorist and bandits. It will also reduce casualties on the part of the infantry corps.

Capability development for the artillery corps is far more important, cheaper and more effective than establishing a air corps for the army.

Now let's even put into consideration that there are always human shields in such camps, can't these camps be scouted by drones, the coordinates of strategic targets relayed to the artillery units for limited strikes in a way that civilian casualties will be minimized.

Honestly, I see artilleries as the easiest way to reduce the pressure on the army. It can even be used to soften targets before infantry moves in.

Reading about the Timbuktu triangle and I found out the place was heavily protected by the insurgents with some camps having the capability to bring down low flying aircrafts. Several soldiers have been lost in that area until the insurgents were finally dislodged from the location few days ago.

My question is what exactly is the purpose of the NA artillery corps? Artillery bombardment would have made the camps hell for the terrorists. The same thing with the bandits camps in the forests of northwest and northcentral Nigeria. Many of these camps can be targeted by artillery bombardments. The psychological effects alone is enough to prevent many of the attacks from the terrorist and bandits. It will also reduce casualties on the part of the infantry corps.

Capability development for the artillery corps is far more important, cheaper and more effective than establishing a air corps for the army.

Buhari has forwarded the names of the former service chiefs to the National assembly for confirmation as Non-career Ambassador designates.

He has also extended the tenure of the IGP by 3 months.

Maduawuchukwu:
We in the south are not interested in the cattle industry, therefore we are not giving any free land for RUGA. If they want free land, they should go and ask their governors in their states. QED.

Nobody is forcing anybody to give land for free. If your state government wants to release land for free, na their wahala be that and if they decide to either sell or lease, same thing. If government takes land from you to give to cattle farmers, please sue them.
Regarding the interest in the cattle industry, please speak for yourself and the set of people that have appointed you to be their representative only.

tabletman1:
I am sorry if I misunderstood you.

Please stop this negotiation talk because I don't understand how people who claim life is hard and economy is bad can comfortably afford machine guns, RPGs and AA guns . To even come from another country makes the whole deal worse and unreasonable. Mumu Zamafara government negotiate with them and they moved to Kastina state, Now they are back in Zamafara tormenting farmers and villages, they even have many groups and offshoots because of how lucrative their negotiation with northern governors always go. Abeg make Nigeria army do emergency recruitment and give men special training on bush/forest warfare to tackle this issues heads on with these economic terrorists

Negotiation isn't compulsory, I'm for whatever method that will end this issue as fast as possible with as little casualties as possible.
Since the fall of the Gaddafi regime, weapons have been disgustingly cheap, if you have the right connect.
If the government search the slums of Lagos and ibadan they will be amazed at the quantity and quality of weapons they will find there.
The Niger-delta militants were agitating for development and economic growth in their region yet they could afford some of these weapons. In fact there are weapons dealers who are willing to sell to people on credit with just the promise of receiving a percentage of spoils and loots.
There are people who profits off wars and conflicts in many disgusting ways.

In fact there is a huge economic advantage in solving this issue of herdsmen-farmers conflict reasonably.
The current value of the Nigerian cattle industry is about $2 billion, if we modernize we can increase it to $10 billion, generating a lot of employment opportunities ; vets, extension officers, genetic engineers, business opportunities; production of silage, production of cattle drugs and supplements, development of the diary industry, increase yields, development of manure industry and indirectly increasing crop yields, billions paid as taxes to the government.

Establishment of cattle ranches across the country is a gold mine waiting to be tapped. It's exactly the same with ensuring peace and stability in the lake Chad axis because of the vast quantity of oil/gas in that region. We are painfully wasting opportunities.

BabaOwen:
You're so misinformed about this issue.

The Fulani heardsmen destroying people farmlands with their cows, own the cows o. This set of Fulanis migrate from the North and other Sahel countries. They come in large numbers and live deep inside the bush, they come with their children, wives, uncles, brothers, friends and they do have lots of cows.

They do have serikis heading them. And they are always so loyal to their serikis. They can die for their seriki.

They live far within the bushes. After studying the bororos, I find out this people can communicate with their cows

There is a sound they make for this cows to attack someone... You're bleeped big time if dem unleash their cows on you

While I do not dispute your statement, I will like to ask you just one question.

How many yoruba men do you know that owns cattle ranch? If you will agree with me that Yorubas also own cattles, where do they house and feed their cattles. It is entirely true that nomadic bororos are involved in this crisis, but we are also doing it to ourselves. If we are going to stop this crisis, let's start with ourselves before facing the wild bororos from Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
My mom works with a state ministry of Agriculture, they've tried mediating between farmers and herdsmen several times and what they hear most times are usually very different from what the media reports. Often times, the kings or local chiefs in the communities involved in the crisis would have received gifts in cash and other items from the herders and granted them permission to graze on "his lands". There are times that it is farmers themselves who invite the herdsmen to come graze their cattle on their own fields for a fee after they might have harvested the corns or whatever crops are on the field, some of these farmers in order to maximize profits then go on to include their neighbors fields in the perimeter they will describe for the herders. But even after all this, there are herdsmen who are evil and just feel entitled to all the lands they can reach with the mentality that lands belong only to God.

To stop this crisis, we have to be truthful and honest with ourselves. Yorubas say Kokoro to n jefo, inu efo na ni n gbe.

Next time you see a herder, approach him and offer him a nice price to buy one of his cattle, many among them will tell you it belongs to their oga, few of them will sell to you and go and lie to their ogas that they were attacked or the cattle died or whatever lies. And some will sell because they own them.

At least it isn't only Nigeria that the Fulani migrate too during their grazing season and we don't hear about their clashes in other countries.

They are traditionally nomadic cattle-herders and traders in the Sahel, with migrations stretching from southern Niger, through northern Nigeria, northeastern Cameroon, southwestern Chad, western region of the Central African Republic and the northeastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo. From Wikipedia.

We Can Invite Foreign Fighters To Destabilise Nigeria – Terror Leader
Zamfara based terror leader, Turji, is threatening to invite foreign fighters to destabilise Nigeria.
A terror leader in Nigeria’s Northwest region, Kachalla Turji, says his group can call for foreign support to fight and destabilise Nigeria.

Turku is heard in a video shared on Facebook discussing grievances that have sustained killings, kidnapping and cattle rustling by his group in the region.

He spoke against the background of efforts of the government which have underestimated the strength of his group at a meeting between Dr Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, an influential northern Islamic cleric, and members of the group on Tuesday.

Flanked by fighters holding machine guns and assault rifles, Turji, dressed in camouflage fatigue, told clerics led by Gumi on a peacebuilding mission, that the Nigerian government never kept promises.

He said his group attended the meeting because it was convened by Islamic clerics.
One fighter had an RPG round during the session, which took place in Shinkafi area of Zamfara State, one of the states in the Northwest, where terrorist groups have been wreaking havoc on local populations.

Gumi’s visit was part of his peacebuilding and outreach efforts to Fulani communities and armed groups in the Northwest region.

The cleric has toured different locations in Zamfara, engaging officials, traditional leaders and non-state actors in a bid to contribute towards bringing an end to violence in the state.

The visit was reported to have occurred following an invitation of the state Governor, Bello Matawalle.

According to Desert Herald, Gumi visited the construction site of a RUGA settlement in Maradun.

The RUGA project is a component of an initiative of the state government to improve the condition of pastoralists and mitigate clashes between them and farmers.

Gumi was quoted by the newspaper as saying that despite the confidence the Fulani had in him, the success of his effort depended largely on the cooperation of the government.

The cleric said his priority in Zamfara State was to spread the message of Islam to the Fulani population since majority of them were born as Muslims and to ensure that Islamic teachers were sent to teach them about the tenets of their faith.

A review of violence in Zamfara by a state official in April 2019 showed that 3,526 persons were killed and 8,219 injured in the state in five years.

The official also said that nearly 500 villages were destroyed and over 13,000 hectares of farmlands destroyed or made useless as farmers could no longer use them for farming over the same period.

“Whatever amenity you are now enjoying from the Nigerian state, be it public schools, hospital, roads, electricity and pipe-borne water, as bad as they can be in some places or most places, the nomadic Fulani never enjoys any of that,” Gumi posted on his Facebook page on Jan. 5.

The sheik believes that government’s intervention and presence in terms of social amenities is important but that the use of Islamic education to promote peace was necessary.

Gumi had previously visited Fulani communities in Kaduna State which has also witnessed a series of clashes between herders and farmers in recent times.

The violence in the Northwest is associated with historical, social, economic and environmental factors which are reinforcing and sustaining kidnapping, cattle rustling, revenge killings and the battle for the control of land resources.

Some of the factors include poverty and neglect by the government.

According to an International Crisis Group report in May 2020, the conflict between Hausa farmers and Fulani herders has killed at least 8,000 people since 2011 and displaced more than 200,000 who have moved over to neighbouring Niger Republic.

https://humangle.ng/we-can-invite-foreign-fighters-to-destabilise-nigeria-terror-leader/

This statement is enough reason to start a border wall project and it is very painful that the government will not do anything until it is already extremely late.

BabaOwen:
Sheik Gumi visits Zamfara bandit in forests, appeals for peace
The bandit commander, identified simply as Bello, said, “Let the killings of our loved ones by security agents without due process of the law stop, as well as cattle rustling that denied most of us legitimate means of livelihood.”
https://punchng.com/gumi-visits-zamfara-bandit-in-forests-appeals-for-peace/?amp=1

All other livestock farmers in the country provide shelter and feeding for their animals except cattle farmers. They can protect their cattle by ranching them. There was even a time when bandits/cattle rustlers crossed from Niger into Nigeria, fought against some Nigerian herders and took their cattle back to Niger.

BabaOwen:
The problem we are facing right now about this Fulani heardsmen issue is GMB. He is not ready to end this madness. How a president will feel comfortable with the annoying ways this heardsmen operate on people homeland is what I can't still understand.

Gov. Orton of Benue state tried to create a paramilitary group like Amotekun to combat this Fulani heardsmen in Benue state, but he(d gov.) was outmuscle by the FG.

I wander the number of people that were killed in Benue wey the media no go even report about back then Make dem dey do anyhow... 2023 is not far away.

Let's avoid politics in this thread.

As for government's efforts to curb farmer's-herdsmen conflicts, the government provided two initiatives RUGA and the National Livestock Transformation Plan. Both were weaponized against the government with people misinforming the masses that the government is being biased and giving the fulani people undue advantages.

The problem we regarding this conflict is thinking that only Fulanis own cattle in the country. Fulani are mostly employed to take care of cattles because they are somewhat seen as experts, but the truth is that the vast majority of the cattles in Southern Nigeria are owned by the people of Southern Nigeria.
We need to stop deceiving ourselves and tackle this issue sincerely.
If only the government can put in place an initiative to identify the owners of all cattles in the country, our eyes go open, it will even reduce money laundering, embezzlement and other crimes they use this thing to commit.

BabaOwen:
There is a judgement giving by a Federal high court in the 60's banning open grazing. So open grazing is automatically a crime in Nigeria.

I'm not so sure, but I think the case was between the Old Ondo state government and miyetti allah. Miyetti allah lost the case and failed to appeal it. Is now so late cause there is always a timeline to appeal.

Never knew about this, if it is true, why is it that it isn't being enforced, why is it that we don't see governments and individuals sue violators to court? I will read more about it though. But I feel it is the duty of the legislature(both federal and state) to enact a law and appropriate punishment as regards open grazing.

When a nation decides not to police it's borders/boundaries, these are the consequences it must deal with.

70% of the security and economic problems we face are due to lack of proper border policing, 20% due to the uselessness of the police force, the two together are due to lack of proactiveness on the part of the government.

As for the issue of herdsmen, the solution is very simple. Lobby your governors and state reps to make laws banning open grazing in your state of they are indeed being honest with you concerning this menace.

IGpro1:
what concerns you, will that romove hunger and starvation from Kenya?
Don't you have problems in your shity one city Chinese colony to worry about
Like suing the British for castrating your mau mau balless men.
Can't you see no one cares about a mere foreigner from Kibera coming to lecture us on our history.

AMEBO will kill you old man.

I honestly see no reason why he shouldn't contribute so far he is well informed about it. In this same thread, we have Nigerians discussing issues of other countries including South Africa and we don't see South Africans insulting them and telling them to keep quiet. If we want to shut others up when we are discussing issues about our country, then we shouldn't also discuss issues partaining to other countries.
And the topic of the thread makes it clear we are all discussing African issues.

tabletman1:
Many of you here are hypocrites and terrorists sympathetics.
What dialogue will you give to people who wilfully picked arms over their cattle business?
So because country hard make every Sani, Olumide and Chike turn to bandits and start terrorising travellers and farmers trying to make end meet?
Something tells you they are Nigerians seeking for greener pastures with machine guns and Aks?
The money spent buying guns is more than enough to start business anywhere in Nigeria.


And few pages back you're even saying no dialogue for Ipobs

Calm down, drink water and read again. While at it bring out the part where I said no dialogue for IPOBS.
If you had read properly, you wouldn't have failed to understand what I meant, but I will indulge you and make it simpler for you ; "something tells me they are Nigeriens(from Republique du Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world) moving down south(into northern Nigeria) to seek" greener pastures" (a better economy that doesn't even exist where they are moving to). There is a huge difference between bandits and herdsmen and more often than not, bandits kill herdsmen and take possession of their herds. The crisis of herdsmen and farmers is an entirely different issue with its own different dynamics.

The Nigerian military is involved in several conflicts in nearly all parts of the country, if some of the non-state actors are willing to negotiate and their demands are reasonable, it is a very important opportunity for the military. The bandits terrorizing the northwest have grievances and demands that they've communicated with state governments like the Zamfara state government. I am in support of negotiations with all non-state actors so far the demands are reasonable, even encouraged IPOB to convince other regions to join them in demanding for restructuring, true federalism and greater autonomy for constituent units. Those are reasonable demands, not secession. I have no problem with IPOBS seceeding, the truth is that no government will willingly allow that, IPOB is never going to get that through negotiations, it is simply impossible.
If IPOB has other demands, they can state them and signify readiness for negotiations.

One of the bandits leaders claiming he has sources in government that have saved him from arrest.

Turji, one Vicious armed leader in Zamfara terrorizing the communities between Zamfara and Sokoto said he has sources in Government who have once saved him from arrest. pic.twitter.com/0ODRM6YVue

— Yusuf Anka (@ankaboy) February 3, 2021

So government is actually working though not reasonably, the citizens are the ones sabotaging government's efforts.

We have a crisis at hand and the government seems not to be concerned about it. If something isn't done about the issue of this "bandits", they will be worse than bokoharam and ISWAP and the only reasonable solution is dialogue.
See how armed these guys are.


Something tells me they are actually Nigeriens moving down south to seek "greener pastures" in Nigeria.

Regular contributors, I thought we've mastered the art of ignoring trolls?!

ariesbull:
Look at por calling kettle black... Nigeria budget that is hinged on foriegn loans to borrow... Rwanda is at least 40% Nigeria budget is 70% based on loans from china to finance
.. don't you have shame

Rwanda is a better run country , kenya is a better run country, Namibia, sychelles are better run countries yet they don't have a drop of oil


Oil is a curse to Nigeria
.. deal with this first

How many percent of #13trn is #5.19trn?
The total oil revenue in a budget of #13.08trn is #2.01tn and yet you keep shouting about dependence on oil as if Nigeria doesn't have any other source of revenue.
Maybe if you and your cronies pay taxes the way you are meant to, we won't be talking about oil revenues.

For the past three days, you've been displaying wilful ignorance and arrogance on this thread while pretending to be neutral towards the ESN and IPOB ideologies when in reality it's been obvious that you are a fanatical believer of the ideas of Nnamdi Kanu and you've been trying desperately to defend the ideas in the last few days.
The only problem here is that nobody here cares who you are or what you believe in. In fact we are no longer discussing Biafra; leave if you can.
But do not expect to be left alone while you concort lies and unverified statements about Nigeria or any other country for that matter.
I am hereby imploring you to stop derailing or please excuse yourself to make space for reasonable contributions. Thanks.

demolition:

How did we loose a fully loaded tank to jas?

I have studied videos and pictures of Nigerian army armored vehicles captured by Boko haram(especially the new Phantom II; at least 4 have either been captured or destroyed since the beginning of operation Turai Taka bango) . Most don't have bodies of soldiers around them and such vehicles are usually isolated.The only logical conclusion is that most of them were abandoned after getting stuck due to terrain and weight issues or after developing faults that makes them unable to move further. In this situation, you don't expect the occupants of the armored vehicles to remain in a spot while their comrades move on, isolating them when we all know that the Nigerian army doesn't field recovery vehicles in reasonable numbers.
The troops abandon them with the hope that they will be recovered later on but some fall into the hands of some of the terrorists behind the lines of the soldiers.

ariesbull:
You don't get it, once an internation river gets or opens to ocean, there is law allowing all the litoral nations to access the water ways... It's called the Danube laws and cabotage laws...

That is the only thing that matters and I don't think Nigeria has the right to stop them ...the way egypy can't stop those in lower nile from accessing it and what is Nigerian territory

Bonny is an igbo speaking island, Opobo is an igbo speaking place and these are very close to Atlantic ....and you can't stop the biafra from accessing that ...trust me , if that happens that would be a renewed confrontation and we don't want that

What they need is concession ...and from the look of things Rivers would definitely align with igbo becuase 70% of the people there are igbo speaking from Ikwerre to Ndoni ,from Opobo to Ndoki


East, west North and South what we need is peace and equity

Let's work towards peace

The honest truth is that you can't get Biafra through negotiations or any other peaceful solution. No reasonable nation or government will willingly do that. The only way you can get what you are clamoring for is through war, the casualties will be crazy and you might still not get what you want.
The only other alternative is to lobby other regions to seek for restructuring, return to true federalism and more autonomy for constituent unit.

The earlier you realize that there won't be a peaceful way out of Nigeria the better.

Well, I have a friend whose father (and his mates) were rapidly promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and retired so as to make way for the father's junior to head one of the branches of the military.

DHQ hasn't been posting any updates on the offensive for a while now, they are dulling spirit oooo.