To fear? We chased retreating BH fighters not realising they were sucking us into an ambush, by the time we realised it, we were pinned down. We called for air support while we held our ground. Over 2 hrs of gunfire & no backup meanwhile the closest air assets were not up to
30 minutes away by air. The CDS at that time could order combat helos to go evacuate his immediate family because he had intelligence his village would be overrun by insurgents. Much to learn from an NSA that arranged the purchase of drones that crashed on their maiden flight?
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“These agents of darkness are enemies of our common humanity and they don’t spare any victim, whether they are Muslims or Christians, and therefore, we shouldn’t let them divide us and turn us against one another.
“In another encounter at Fadama Village, the criminals’ flag hoisted on a tree was captured and immediately lowered after the troops had effectively subdued the criminal insurgents with superior fire power forcing them to flee in disarray.
“Two persons died,” Bulama Talba, a Borno government spokesman said in a statement, after visiting the Biu general hospital where casualties were being treated on Tuesday.
During the attack, residents of Damaturu say sporadic gunshots were heard along Damaturu-Gashua-Babbangida axis around 5:30pm, forcing them to remain indoors for their safety.
He said that troops engaged the insurgents “with the timely arrival of air taskforce and that troops “are on top of the situation’’.
“Military operation has to be followed by stabilisation mechanism and, therefore, three local government areas are really key,” he stated, adding that they must “be retaken”.
The NAF has stated that the Air Task Jet prosecuting Operation Rattle Snake in the North East,
the weekend killed several ISWAP and Boko Haram terrorists Borno
“ISWAP executes four more, releases video. All four are male humanitarian workers of Action Against Hunger abducted since July, 2019. The only female amongst them, Grace Taku, according to ISWAP, is condemned to life of slavery,” he tweeted.
Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of two soldiers and a policeman, posted online late Monday by the Islamic State group propaganda agency, Amaq.
He added that the troops killed a number of Boko Haram terrorists while several others escaped with gunshot wounds during the encounter.
“Also, on Nov. 23, troops of 27 Task Force Brigade while on a Stop and Search Operation at Balbaya Village in Bayo, arrested four Boko Haram criminals’ fuel suppliers conveying 90 jerry cans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to Tetteba, a border town in Yobe.
Nwachukwu said the move was part of effort to ensure that minors and other repentant Boko Haram fighters in the North East were given the necessary support and opportunity to embrace peace through the auspices of OPSC.
Nigeria’s moral issues are governed by so many loopholes, such as religious instability (Boko haram) and poor respect for property…
The danger is the Boko Haram conflict is already becoming an industry, ran by the troika of the military on one side, an acronym soup of local and international NGOs in the middle and a beleaguered political leadership on the other side.
In 2009, Yusuf was killed by Nigerian security forces and Abubakar Shekau became the leader of Boko Haram. Under Shekau’s leadership, Boko Haram has grown more violent and has acquired a notoriety for mass killings.
Senate has called on the FG to hasten action for the release of Leah Sharibu. She remains the only student…
