A US General on Thursday May 15th, said the Nigerian military is becoming afraid of engaging Boko Haram insurgents and this might affect the US level of involvement in finding the missing girls
Punch reports
Testifying on Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the US Air Force Chief of staff, Gen. Mark Welsh III, said, “We’re now looking at a military force that is, quite frankly, becoming afraid to even engage. The United States doesn’t have the capacity, the capability to go rescue every kidnapped person around the world.”
The New York Times reported that the US might choose to minimize its involvement in the search for the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram due to doubts over Nigeria’s military capabilities. Continue...
Saturday PUNCH learnt that the US had questioned the ability of the Nigerian military to rescue the girls even with international help.
The Pentagon’s Principal Director for
African Affairs, Alice Friend, also said, “The Nigerian military has the
same challenges with corruption that every other institution in Nigeria
does. Much of the funding that goes to the Nigerian military is skimmed
off the top, if you will.”
US officials have also said that its
involvement had also been made difficult because Nigerian officials
ignored past warnings to soften brutal tactics that only fuelled the
Boko Haram’s insurgency.
At Thursday’s Senate Foreign Relations
Committee hearing, officials condemned the kidnappings and committed
American aid to help rescue the girls. But they also expressed
frustration at Nigeria’s political and military leaders for failing to
heed Washington’s warnings about the extremist group.
“We have been urging Nigeria to reform
its approach to Boko Haram,” Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs, Robert Jackson, said.
He added, “From our own difficult
experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq, we know that turning the tide of an
insurgency requires more than force. The state must demonstrate to its
citizens that it can protect them and offer them opportunity. When
soldiers destroy towns, kill civilians and detain innocent people with
impunity, mistrust takes root.”
A retired Head of the US military’s
Africa Command, Gen. Carter Ham, said, “My sense is that US Government
will remain in a supporting role to Nigeria. I do not think the U.S.G.
will seek unilateral action.”
The size of the Sambisa Forest is also believed to make the search for the girls difficult.
“We are basically searching for these
girls in an area that’s roughly the size of West Virginia, so it’s a
tough challenge, to be sure,” state Department spokesman, Marie Harf,
said on Thursday.
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Na wa oh... Look at the scared clowns they are training in this country. If I remember well, those adamawa boys who killed boko haram peeps said the same thing. I think our aspiring soldiers should be going abroad for training if this is how all of them turn out to be.
Opposition sponsoring this US General....words of Okugbe/okupe
Lyk seriously dis is nt wat I wan to hear.. biko u ppl shld please help oo.. leave all dese corrupt military heads.. u pple shld nt leave jona alone he needs help frm d international community. . Some of d military men ar involved directly or indirectly wiv bh dats y it seems dey ar scard. They dnt trust demselves
Why am I not surprised. . ?
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The government should boost the moral of the soldiers by giving them sophiscated arms and dismissing cowardly soldiers.joining the army is not for office desk work but combat in times like this. Period via dachizzle
The US should help Nigeria Army because the state of emergency in North East is not working. Everyday the boko boys will attack a community for 3-4 hours the army will show after the operation
Nigeria's distrust of the US marines presence in Nigeria will be our undoing.We know we need help,and yet we are afraid of the price.If the army is developing cold feet to engage,then they should hand over their arms and ammunitions to civilians who are willing to fight for their luvd ones coz they lost almost everything.
nigeria ehn.. chaii this is terrible
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Why wont they be afraid when the generals and other head in the military fail to encourage them and give them their total support but all they do is short them of their allowance and push them to fight without approprite planning... Who wan die abeg, like seriously i dont blame them but the heads in the army....
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Bitter truth,this one is not coming from Oby Ezekwesili.
My suggestion is that,the civilian JTF should be armed and involved in this fight against Boko haram.
Waiting for our govt officials to debunk this claim as usual.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
If the bokos detect that the armies are afraid of them then they will use that to there advantage and believe me, naija will be hit so hard that even the president will relocate to another country.....
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Nigeria soldiers re nt good to go into sambisa forest. dey aint motvated at allllll.
True talk if Nigerian. Soldiers are afraid of boko haram then it means dat they have some bokoboys at the war front or that most of their boss is sponsoring bokoboys period
Na wah oh! Even U.S don tire for Naija.the soldier resume ration is very poor.when they die their salaries are stopped within 3 mths, benefits are takes a long time to be paid.no motivation at all.who wan die? Besides the crop of men we ve in the force now are only thinking of making money,anyone posted to Borno sees it as punishment....our value system in the military has collapsed totally.
Na wah oh! Even U.S don tire for Naija.the soldier resume ration is very poor.when they die their salaries are stopped within 3 mths, benefits are takes a long time to be paid.no motivation at all.who wan die? Besides the crop of men we ve in the force now are only thinking of making money,anyone posted to Borno sees it as punishment....our value system in the military has collapsed totally.
Na wah oh! Even U.S don tire for Naija.the soldier resume ration is very poor.when they die their salaries are stopped within 3 mths, benefits are takes a long time to be paid.no motivation at all.who wan die? Besides the crop of men we ve in the force now are only thinking of making money,anyone posted to Borno sees it as punishment....our value system in the military has collapsed totally.
Na wah oh! Even U.S don tire for Naija.the soldier resume ration is very poor.when they die their salaries are stopped within 3 mths, benefits are takes a long time to be paid.no motivation at all.who wan die? Besides the crop of men we ve in the force now are only thinking of making money,anyone posted to Borno sees it as punishment....our value system in the military has collapsed totally.
Na wah oh! Even U.S don tire for Naija.the soldier renumeration is very poor.when they die their salaries are stopped within 3 mths, benefits are takes a long time to be paid.no motivation at all.who wan die? Besides the crop of men we ve in the force now are only thinking of making money,anyone posted to Borno sees it as punishment....our value system in the military has collapsed totally.
Hmmmn! I have a feeling that the US will abandon the search for these girls because of the incompetence of the Nigerian military.
In regards to the location of the girls, I don't know why all d witches, wizards, babalawos and prophets (TB Joshua and Co.) In Nigeria can't come together to find these girls.
The only thing Nigerians are good for is finding ways to kill one another or prophesying about football matches.
Why wouldn't they be afraid, when their superiors have neglected them, when they are being maltreated, when their are no weapons to fight, when they are underpaid, when their morals have been reduced to nothing, when their spirits have been dealt a big blow, when they will die for nothing and nobody or the government will remember them or their families, when after laying their life for the war, their children will keep on suffering, when their is no hope for their future #smh I sorry for Nigeria
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oh lord ! what a useless country ! we don't even have the means to protect its citizens . how do the expect the military to fight when they are not well equicped .
If wat american soldiers said it's true then they have some bokoboys working for them, or dat their boss is sponsoring bh wtf corruption everywhere in naija
#jonathanmustgo!!!
with all the poor remuneration, why wont they be
Hmmmm #bright bravo#
Are we surprised ? Really now are we surprised ? When our president can't bring himself to refuse a trip to Paris and show his face in Chibok. All he does is allow 'Dame' to be embarrassing us up and down YouTube #diarisgodo
Dis is no news and frankly surprised USA govt jst realised dis... Boko will and can b defeated if our govt is willing to!!!! Jonathan is scared and holding back cos of sumtin!!!
Hmmmmm,I don't have anything to say.
Dis is siros ,nigeria need to train deir army ,lazy men#bebo#
“The Nigerian military has the same challenges with corruption that every other institution in Nigeria does. Much of the funding that goes to the Nigerian military is skimmed off the top, if you will.”
Good to know that U.S have also come to realize this. Damned country.... Cursed Marriage. No thanks to Lord Lugard at all.
“The Nigerian military has the same challenges with corruption that every other institution in Nigeria does. Much of the funding that goes to the Nigerian military is skimmed off the top, if you will.”
Good to know that the U.S have also come to realize this. Damned coutry.... Cursed Marriage... No thanks to that man called Lugard at all.
Switch out the soldiers for machete wielding villagers. Make it official.
....it's a sad story.
And how does the president showing his face in Chibok will rescue the girls ? U will just sit down and type trash.
Lol. Naija I hail ooo. Did anyone see the Boko haram 25 minutes video attack to Giwa barrack on YouTube? I concluded that Nigeria Military is nothing, but a failure after watching the video.
it seems des guyz are not well motivated..
Mayb d Generals shud conduct d search demselves if de feel d r still soldiers and stop seatin in dere Abuja offix or ar de scared too like deir pay master who prefers to bn on a foreign trip dan stand and face d musik bin played in his country by BH boyz ...dnt knw whose tary r serving anymore ooooo
# there is God ooooo#
Like we're surprised? Mtchww
~D great anonymous!
We are not surprised o. Everywhere is corruption in Nigeria. But I know all this drama would soon come to an end.
Y not use an helicopter to survey the so called sambisa forest?
You have only succeeded in exhibiting your ignorance on social media...I now see why some of you are not employable.
Stupid first to comment u want him to go dia so dat des islamic retard idiots will assasinate him while u will seat back in ur house nd comment on LIB RIP GEJ , dnt u have legs or u dnt Tfare to go to d forest . LUCIANO .
And this my friends...confirm that Nigeria is in real danger! When we don't have an army that r willing to go to war but you'll see them on the streets harassing innocent citizens....you see them in beer parlor drinking and extorting money around....it's real shame of the nation...
And this my friends...confirm that Nigeria is in real danger! When we don't have an army that r willing to go to war but you'll see them on the streets harassing innocent citizens....you see them in beer parlor drinking and extorting money around....it's real shame of the nation...
Exactly....
No b there fault, Is d fault f dat useless man dat keep sayin no girl missing
Good. They are looking foe excuses to pull out because there is nothing much to be gained. We can afford the war and they dont understand why they should get involved. No oil or opium in sambisa forest vis a vis aghanistan and iraq. Please they should go. Also the north is accusing them of planning to break up Nigeria.
The whole story is now becoming more interesting day by day,@ first mama patience goofed, next GEJ made a sensational u-turn from visiting chibok, now our soldiers afraid to fight Boko-boko, Boko Haram? God help my beloved nation.
Nigeria my country ! Our incompetence has become an open book to the world ! I pray God delivers these girls through a divine means.
indecision they worry govt
Even if he shows he's face @ chibok wat difference does it make . Dis northerners and dia political strategy #nogirlsaremissing# firing squad awaites d person plotting dis evil nd sharing dis blood . #DiaisGod#in everytin we do . LUCIANO .
We are not suprise bcos all what is happening in Nigeria goes back to d issue of corruption.
Top Military officials in Nigeria are among the richiest people in government, they divert the money meant to fight insurgency into their pocket, leaving the poor ordinary soldiers in the field with nothing to fight the insurgency.
I just pity those living in Borno Adamawa n Yobe, d option left for them is to just get ready to defend themselves.
As much as I would have love the idea of arming the civilians, what happens when all this is over? how do we mop up the weapons in unstable hands? We certainly dont want to be faced with a Libya type of situation...there will be an increase in crime, arms trade and that entire region will descend into a state of anarchy
Permit me to laugh , even military wan dey open our yansh for the world? When our president won't show courage by visiting chibok,, why would they?? --issorait
I'll f-ck u for free for dis comment!Nice one!!Prepare ur P--sy tonite baby.Luv u
All I see here is them giving more reasons to bring their troops into Africa's largest economy hmmmm......... Theyhave been looking for a way to enter Nigeria like they did in Iraq,Libya, Egypt for oil and resources etc. we all should ask ourselves why do they want to help so bad and at who's cost, It's not free so who's paying and how are we going to pay them. Finding the Malaysian plane wasn't free Nothing is free in this world....... Instead we they here they argue they cast blame up and down not knowing we have just sold ourselves out to them.We wey no get, Na we go suffer pass.........
Na wa o
WE NEED A REGIME IN THIS COUNTRY.WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY IS THIS?CORRUPTION EVERYWHERE
Foolish BAsTaRD
Linda Y ar u always posting info u get frm punch and sahara reporters? Linda in ur own very conscience u knw this isn't tru!!! I just hate it wen u always Go Anti Govt!!!I knw how much u get hurt wen sum1 talks false shit about U #LINDAREPENT
I'm not surprised though.....Nigerian Soldiers are only good at showing superiority over the Nigerian Police and the harmless citizens. There is always unhealthy rivalry between our Soldiers and Police and this is something you will never ever see happen in the western world. Soldiers are described as technocrats, charged with the responsibilty of defending the country against external aggression....but they are obviously not up to the task. Let's not rely on our Military for miracles to happen, rather let's look up to God Who is able to confuse and consume the Boko Haram militants.....May God bless you, Linda Ikeji for your good work
They are nt afraid to engage boko haram.they and thir superors are northern muslims and are sympathizers of BH. All they do is lip service. Shettima knws what he's doing. Kaduna is no longer under fire b/c a muslim is nw their governor. When yakowa was there,they were making it hell on earth in kaduna. Islam is the cause of the crises in the world. Religion of peace my foot.
Honestly no motivation on d part of the soldiers.
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I am not surprised.
This govt keep saying corruption is not Nigeria's problem. now international bodies can now read intelligence report from American soldiers. #BringBackOurGirls
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I keep wondering hw dey go for peace missions, cos personally, I don't tink there's any training dat will mk me wanna fight for nigeria, not to talk of dieing while trying....
off course that why the situation is like this, but they are not scared, but they don't believe BoKO Haram is the enemy, 80% of Nigeria army soldiers are Hausa speaking, why tell them to kill their brothers and sister... turn the case around and let this happen in south, east or west and you see how this fools will burn and kill innocent citizen, if a single of their colleague get kill. the truth is that majority of the BOKO HARAM leaders has military connection, either they are still soldiers or left without proper resignation, they are not like soldiers from other part of the world that swell allegiance to their Nation, this ones swell allegiance to Hausa first before Nigeria... if we don't stop the speaking of Hausa as the lingua franca in Nigeria army even when this is resolved next time situation like this happen it will still be the same thing, reluctant to fight their brothers and sister..
The guvnor of Borno state said it 2 months ago...the hawks in GEJ government wanted to crucify him
I don't blame the soldiers ! Nobody wants to die for nothing ! The president and commander in chief cannot even motivate his armed forces.
U jst said it all. God will bless u. Dey will die and deir family will not be remember at all
Same way I sorry 4 who ever paid ur sch fees. U can't even spell 'there'??
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Yes l dont blame them tool
We have forgotten the our military fought fearlessly in serie leone and liberia.We had Nigerian fighter jets and a strong military.They need plenty fire power to tackle boko haram.
This is so sad and down right embarrassing. Look what our leaders have made a laughing stock of a once great nation. A country without the capabilities of protecting its citizens against internal terror is fair game for every and any One! Kai, this isn't what the Ziks of long ago fought for. I'm ashamed to be nigerian right now.
This is so sad and down right embarrassing. Look what our leaders have made a laughing stock of a once great nation. A country without the capabilities of protecting its citizens against internal terror is fair game for every and any One! Kai, this isn't what the Ziks of long ago fought for. I'm ashamed to be nigerian right now.
In retrospect they are telling Nigerians to be very afraid.
Am beginning to that its either the girls weren't abducted, or america knows or has a hand in this matter. They might be working towards the disintegration of nigeria as predicted by them come 2015. So what's all these noise about US govt coming to rescue the girls??
America is slandering nigerian at every given opportunity because we refused legalise gayism. If nigeria had legalisd gayism, they wouldn't be this judgemental about everything. America should fuck themselves back to their country, we don't need them controlling us.
My father's youngest brother who is in the Nigerian army has bn in a forest since the Independent day bomb blast (IBB). He had to leave his children with us. He can't even afford to send money to his children because they are underpaid. He can't resign because his pension will be peanuts like his salary. He doesn't receive any benefits for his military work as a result of too many ogas at the top. If he he gets killed by the boko haram devils, he is just going to be among the numbers of fallen soldiers.
Growing up, we were always been informed that Nigeria is the Giant of Africa...we sent Nigerian soldiers to die in Liberia, Sierra Leone and other African countries that has regional conflict...even GEJ was boasting at one time that his govt is doing so much in peace keeping missions around in regional Africa...but today, we can't use our own military to defend us; they dont even obey command anymore, to fight and defend our sovereignity as a nation and squash any enemies...their 'ogas' are eating their money at the top while they are scrounging to survive by attacking innocent Nigerian whom they are supposed to protecting...they dont have arms or d moral courage to fight the country's enemy, Boko Haram!!!
We are finished as a nation...corruption has finally killed us! Nigeria is now a dying carcass. Everyman to himself, God for us all.
As for me, I'm buying an AK47 and a Gluck 19 ready for the war to start...anytime the Boko boys come for battle, I'm ready!! #All die na die
Mr LIB! When the civilian JTF are armed and when the whole insurgency is over what happens to these sophisticated weapons that were given out? How would they be retrieved? Your hate for GEJ government is clouding your sense of objective reasoning!
Believe me the niggerrian army is filleed with bh boys. Most of the northerner muslim r in support of bh and they constitute more than half of the nigerian army! Sending bh boys to fight bh boys that's the situation here.
y are u people afraid of the truth. Nigeria as a nation has expired. Time to break the country. I cant wait to hoist the Biafran flag again. God bless Biafra... Land of the rising sun.
Na wa o
Naija soldiers are too comfortable and very very reluctant to engage in combat with Boko Haram. Demote all the generals by three rank and retire those that are unable to maintain proper body max index and finally introduce random alcohol and drug testing.
So why in God's name did dr join the army,just to collect salary bah
Dumb skull.u cnt even spell ur words,pls better go bck 2 classroom n begin from primary 2,U come out here with ur bad English and call someone useless,Idiotttttttt!!!
Why r u so interested in president visiting Chibok?Wot is ur own plot in these whole saga?ll his presence there make all d bokos to surrender?My dear if u fink d president ll go to Chibok @ dis critical period,u must hv a rethink cos it ll neva happen.All of una plan don fail Oooº°
Dumb skull.u cnt even spell ur words,pls better go bck 2 classroom n begin from primary 2,U come out here with ur bad English and call someone useless,Idiotttttttt!!!
Nigeria Army generals knws everytin ,dem dnt want to pay dey boys who ar doin dey work,dey will just be at dey office eatin dey money
If the Nigerian military is corrupt like every other Nigerian institution,the US will know!And surely the US has spoken!How prophetc!!And pathetic!!! Is Reuben Abati n co listening.
hmm.God hlp us
Good comment.By the time you allow U.S and British soldiers to train and arm these socalled civiian JTF. They will then combine with the reminants of the boko leaders to push down south with no more Nigerian military opposition and take over the oilfields and start giving oil to America and Britain freely and making the rest of us that are not abokis mere slaves in our fatherland. Just keep watching as d evil plots are unfolding and do not say I did not tell u!
Anon 4:19, don't be stupid. You mean there has not been warnings of boko haram slowly taking over that state? Gay ism? You people are so dumb. Is your child or sister in that forest? You have mouth to say America should fuck themselves. Stupid ass.
linda biko am tired of dt closeup cursor, is causing me nightmares. Odaro
Banario, why do u have so much hatred for GEJ? Are u from the north? I thought u are from the east.....GEJ is a quiet man with a good heart just that this does not need person like him, he is too gentle for a country like Nigeria. Nigeria need stubborn and radical leader!
unemployment pushed my brother a very calm being to joing the army. i know he cant even hurt a fly till date. so i dnt want to loose him to the cold hands of bokoharam or this currupt country. i always tell him to hide himself whenever its happening. God guide and protect him for me. i love u so much broda.
This is a result of most in the military spending their life time trying to become politicians.
U no wan die yet u Join army?? Stupidity
Drama as usual.
I can only conclude that those who enter the military in Nigeria are likely from the poorest of homes and entered to be guaranteed a daily meal. These military ppl looking for a belly full, not to protect and secure the nation..mtchewww
This ιƨ not Nigerian 24. Its one show tagged. "Gone and gone forever". ßut still, we need to brace up. I think these guys deserves more than they earn.
Shut up you brainless son of a Bastard.
jThey retired all the best hands and left the country with half baked soldoers.The first thing they did was to retire the best pilots in thw airforce and no replacements and planes left to rot.Imagine retiring the officers who have been trained for intwlligence gathering all because they want somwone from one state to become chief.Now we are left with men who were not preppared to takeantle.
That is why they are scared. Naija mentality "I have wife & kids to take care of and feed". A westerner is ready to die in battle. He will say send my love to my wife & kids...tell them love them very much. But naija..na emi ke? I no wan die abeg. So why are u in d military then? Death can come anytime. So that is what is wrong! Chickens!! The whole lot of them!!
truth be told, they (so called former heads of states, military chiefs, some Islamic religious leaders) are behind this so called boko haram sect. they are deliberating using the sect against the present government all because they want a northerner to rule. We aren't afraid of their tactics, and by God come 2015, a northerner will not smell the seat of power, isha allah!!!
Did u say biafra flag again, OK na ,chai ojuku well it is well .CHI.
Nigerian army has faild us... Its a pity dat we lack security.
@ Anonymous 2:59 PM,you really made a valid point.All this lakaidasical approach towards Boko Haram from the Nigerian military is because it concerns the North(Hausa) Where were America,Britian and the rest of them when 2 million Igbo people were killed ?
Who do u think takes 90% of ur Crude Oil now? Why do they need to break ur useless asses up to get what they already have?
Oh God!its better dey gv d Adamawa boiz army uniform n let dem wrk wv d U.S.Since our army r retards#awonmofo#
Oya sack the soldiers and recruit new ones,now who wan join Army! See una mouth. Linda nxt topic joh...Breeze
Shaarraapp jor... lol @ armies. Bona brother. Must both of u comment? Dumb skulls
Anon 6:03, are u a learner? Don't u know wot defending ur country means. D day u get to arraign in d military or any other defence outfit is d day u sign ur death warrant, or are u not aware of dis fact? Soldiers should always be ready to sacrifice their lives at any given time in d course of duty.
They only have mouth in nysc camp...mstcheew
If American soldiers wont go into the forest, then they obviously have a hand in this. They never go into a country to intervene unless they have intetest. For this they will rather the madness engulfs the country so that they can take our oil like they are doing in iran, iraq and libya. They pick up their citizens anywhere in the world when trapped ok hijacked even in tje worst of battles so why make excuses now?. Kokomma.
All this idiots saying the us wants to disintegrate nigeria are serious clowns. What would america gain by that? Now that boko haram is officially a west african problem, am sure that flawed argument could be extended to say the uswants to disintegrate west africa as a whole. So you see the senslessness of our people.
US is seriously inciting the public against the government, all d want is for us to take up arms and start fighting, and the come for peace keeping..afta which it will be over for Nigeria..we are doomed..linda post my comment oooo, my vex no good.
o so when it was time to kill innocent igbo women and children the Nigerian Armed forces had the will?
Now to fight BH dem no get liver again?
OK i see.. unu dalu
Tanx Anon 5:18, you took the words right outta my mouth. Besides, the military is seriously compromised & there are people fueling this insurgency so they can keep profiting from it.
All I can say is God help Nigeria.
Jona tell us what u know about boko existence cause I think dere is something u are not telling us
U.S shld pls expose the whole truth. I know U.S military can do it, Nigeria military can do far better.if and only if politics is out of it.
Next time when an officer (army) harasses u, direct him to sambisa forest. As for Gej I don't know what he still wants a second term for. Leaders of old used to join in combat but what we have now are leaders that loot us blind. No sentiment pls, Gej should resign if he can not tackle "small" boko boys!
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