480 Nigerian soldiers are back from Cameroon

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="JTF" class="attachment-thumbnail-single-image wp-post-image" height="360" src="http://ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/JTF.jpg" width="640" /></span></div> <div class="entry"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><em><br /></em>The Defence Headquarters have announced the return of over 400 soldiers who reportedly fled into Cameroon after fierce fighting against the deadly Islamic militant group, Boko Haram.<br />In a statement released by the DHQ, the troops were said to have been addressed by the General Officer Commanding 3 Division, Major General Zaruwa following their return.<br />Defence sources say the soldiers are set to embark on another mission in the ongoing counter terrorism campaign.<br />There have been widespread reports that the soldiers, numbering about 480, had fled into Cameroon after facing the superior fire power of the sect at a military base in Gamboru-Ngala, Borno on Monday.<br />The sect later overran the town with little resistance from the Nigerian troops.<br />The Defence Headquarters have, however, maintained that the Nigerian troops’ foray into Cameroon was a<br /><a href="" name="more"></a>“tactical manoeuvre.”<br />Muhammed Yusuf, Boko Haram’s founding leader, was killed in controversial circumstances in 2009 and its current leader, Abubakar Shekau has vowed to carve out an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria’s North-east.</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div>

480 Nigerian soldiers are back from Cameroon

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Evening Report from Maiduguri: Hundreds of troops in Gamboru Ngala and Banki towns ,Monday, flee their duty posts into Cameroon Republic following Boko Haram attacks on the communities. Both Gamboru Ngala and Banki towns shares international boundaries with Cameroon Republic that all witnessed series of deadly attacks in recent times, including the massacre of over 300 traders in Gamboru Main Market early this year. Details later ...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="entry-title posttitle" itemprop="name headline" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 662px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Troops flee Gamboru, Banki as Boko Haram lay siege</span></span></h1> <div class="metaStuff" style="background-image: none; border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: -23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hundreds of troops in Gamboru Ngala and Banki towns ,Monday, flee their duty posts into Cameroon Republic following Boko Haram attacks on the communities.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Both Gamboru Ngala and Banki towns shares international boundaries with Cameroon Republic that all witnessed series of deadly attacks in recent times, including the massacre of over 300 traders in Gamboru Main Market early this year. Details later pls.</span></div> <div class="OUTBRAIN" data-browser="safari" data-dynload="" data-ob-mark="true" data-os="ipad" data-src="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/troops-flee-gamboru-banki-boko-haram-lay-siege/" id="outbrain_widget_0" obdone="true" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="ob_strip_container NA" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"> <span class="ob_empty" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><wbr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></wbr></span><span class="ob_org_header" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div> </div> <br /></div>

Evening Report from Maiduguri: Hundreds of troops in Gamboru Ngala and Banki towns ,Monday, flee their duty posts into Cameroon Republic following Boko Haram attacks on the communities. Both Gamboru Ngala and Banki towns shares international boundaries with Cameroon Republic that all witnessed series of deadly attacks in recent times, including the massacre of over 300 traders in Gamboru Main Market early this year. Details later ...

Troops flee Gamboru, Banki as Boko Haram lay siege Hundreds of troops in Gamboru Ngala and Banki towns ,Monday, flee their duty post...

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Nigerian military to court-martial over 100 soldiers for cowardice

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Nigeria Army" class="attachment-860x800 wp-post-image" height="169" scale="0" src="https://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2013/04/nigeria-army.jpg" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="298" /></span><br /> <div class="caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nigeria Army</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Nigerian military is in the process of constituting a trial panel to try over 100 soldiers said to have exhibited “acts of cowardice” and “disobeyed deployment directives” in Maiduguri on Saturday, reliable military insiders have said. The soldiers were among several hundred troops being deployed from the army’s 7th Division in Maiduguri to locations in Damboa and Gwoza for major operations planned to significantly rout the extremist Boko Haram sect from the areas. “But as we were about to depart, some of the soldiers began to behave funny,” a witness said. “They were acting in ways that were delaying the movement. This was a movement that had been timed and we had to arrive locations at a time that should coincide with other operational arrangements. And then these guys were slowing us down.” The witness said at a point, the commander of the troop became fed up with the antics of the “lazy soldiers” and he immediately ordered that they be disarmed, stripped of their uniforms and dropped from the operation. The rest of the detachment then continued the journey, our sources said. Other witnesses corroborated these disclosures. It is learnt that the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, [an Air Marshall] the Chief of Army Staff,  Kenneth Minimah [a Lieutenant General], as well as other service chiefs have been briefed on the development. The military chiefs, insiders say, have since ordered the arrest, interrogation and court-martial of the erring soldiers, some of whom are said to have gone into hiding. When contacted, the spokesperson for the Defence Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, a Major General, said he was yet to be briefed on the matter. He however said, “Military personnel should be reminded that persons subject to military law risks death if found liable for refusing or inciting failure to perform military duties against the enemy in the course of the ongoing military operation.” Mr. Olukolade said any soldier or officer who fails to perform military duties or deserts his duty post risks dire consequences. “The military is a disciplined organization and we do not have room for indiscretions. Anyone who disobeys deployment directive or deserts his duty posts would be made to face due justice. “Indeed such deserters would be considered to have done evil similar to what terrorists are doing against the nation’s security. Act of cowardice and related indiscipline will not be condoned in the Nigerian armed forces. “While efforts are ongoing to improve on the available stock of weapons and equipment, no soldier or officer has been assigned to any duty without being duly armed. “Any soldier who subscribes to the excuse being peddled by some indiscipline ones would have himself to blame. “Soldiers are therefore warned that anyone who allows himself to be misled by enemies of the nation who have been trying to incite mutiny by various methods would face appropriate legal actions without any form of sentiment.” Mr. Olukolade urged the Nigerian media and Nigerians in general not to celebrate incidences of indiscipline within the nation’s security services, saying the security of all citizens depend significantly on the stability and discipline of the agencies. The Nigerian Army had in early July began the court–martialling of another 18 soldiers involved in an alleged mutiny in May, in which revolting troops opened fire at a car carrying the commanding general of the army’s 7 Division in Maiduguri, Borno State. Military sources had said at the time that the General Officer Commanding, GOC, of the newly-created 7 Division, Ahmadu Mohammed, a Major General, was targeted by soldiers who blamed him for the deaths of their colleagues. The attack in Maimalari cantonment, on May 14, angered the Nigerian military at a time the force came under international spotlight over the abduction of nearly 300 school girls in Chibok by the extremist Boko Haram sect. </span></div>

Nigerian military to court-martial over 100 soldiers for cowardice

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Chadian Soldiers Rescue And Free people kidnapped by Boko Haram

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="story-featured-image" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 15px; min-width: 378px !important; width: 368px;"> <img alt="Arrested Boko Haram suspects and soldiers" class="attachment-bigstoryimage" height="225" scale="0" src="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Arrested-Boko-Haram-suspects-and-soldiers-360x225.jpg" style="border: none; float: left; margin-right: 10px; padding: 4px;" width="360" /><div class="featured-image-caption" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 5px 10px 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Arrested Boko Haram suspects and soldiers<br /><small style="font-weight: normal;"><em>| credits: Defence HQ Nigeria</em></small></span></div> </div> <div style="float: left; padding: 10px 18px 5px 0px; width: 370px;"> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7167863529667065" data-ad-slot="6184555097" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="display: inline-block; height: 140px; width: 370px;"><ins id="aswift_0_expand" style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 140px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 370px;"><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: none; display: block; height: 140px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 370px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="140" hspace="0" id="aswift_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_0" scrolling="no" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" vspace="0" width="370"></iframe></ins></ins></ins></div> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chad’s troops have rescued most of the 100 people kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect, following a successful military operation against the sect.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The terrorist group earlier this month kidnapped 100 people, according to a Nigerian security official and a local self-defence member.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Associated Press reported that the rescue operation took place on Friday.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The abductions took place on August 10 in Doron Baga in the Kukawa area near the border with Chad, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said the terrorists were stopped as they crossed the Chad border by Chadian soldiers who killed most of them and set free most of the captives.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Muhammed Gava, a member of the anti-Boko Haram vigilante movement, said 20 females and about 70 young men had been forced to board speed boats in Lake Chad, which lies on the border between Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A source, who spoke to journalists in Maiduguri, said the insurgents attacked the village in the evening and took away some boys and young men.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some of those that fled the area that were sighted in Maiduguri after the attack, said they had to flee because of the constant attacks by the insurgents.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

Chadian Soldiers Rescue And Free people kidnapped by Boko Haram

Arrested Boko Haram suspects and soldiers | credits: Defence HQ Nigeria Chad’s troops have rescued most of the 100 people kidnapped...

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Before you criticize our armed forces: Remember those who died obeying the last order

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Before you criticize our armed forces: Remember those who died obeying the last order

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In Search of Bombs, Army Shuts Down Gudu Spare parts Mart

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header id="cb-standard-featured" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="cb-mask" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 325px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="army.fw" class="cb-fi-standard wp-post-image" height="400" src="http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/army.fw_.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top; width: 610px;" width="750" /></span></div> <div class="cb-entry-header cb-style-standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; z-index: 3;"> <span class="cb-title-fi" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 class="entry-title cb-entry-title cb-single-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px;"> Officers and men of the Nigerian Army Thursday morning sealed off the popular spare parts market in Gudu district of Abuja.</h1> </span></div> </header><section class="entry-content clearfix" itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 30px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; zoom: 1;"><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-hyphens: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> One account of the raid said the soldiers were swarmed the market following intelligence reports that terrorists were targeting it.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-hyphens: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Another account had it that the soldiers were in the market to provide cover for the installation of high-tech security cameras.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-hyphens: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Pointblanknews.com gathered that the soldiers arrived at the market at a little before noon and locked the entrance and exit gates, trapping hundreds of dealers and customers.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-hyphens: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> After some time, the soldiers allowed all trapped persons out of the market, and thereafter stationed two Ford Ranger pick-ups to block the gate.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-hyphens: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> When Pointblanknews.com visited, hundreds of distraught dealers were sighted discussing in groups.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-hyphens: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Expressing their displeasure, some of the traders complained that they were not notified of the operation and were treated like Prisoners of War.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-hyphens: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> “We were humiliated and made to run out with our hands in the air. Some of us were so scared and traumatized. We only hope they resolve this as quickly as possible” he added.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-hyphens: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Attempts to get the Army headquarters comment on the exercise were not successful.</div> </section></div>

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