There was outrage at the United Nations yesterday over the killing of four Nigerian soldiers and injuring of eight others on peace-keeping mission in Darfur region. The world body has therefore, demanded for a probe into the killings from the Sudanese government through the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and the Security Council.
In his reaction, the UN scribe said he was “appalled and deeply saddened” by the attack on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, UNAMID, and sent his condolence to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The attack which occurred Tuesday evening has also attracted the condemnation of the United Nations Security Council which also released a statement yesterday, condemning the ambush which has brought to 78, the number of UN troops killed in Darfur, and a total of 118 fatalities altogether when police, military observer and civilian deaths are added.
According to a statement from the UN Secretariat, the Secretary General was appalled “by the latest attack on peacekeepers in Darfur, which occurred during the evening of 2nd October when unidentified armed assailants ambushed an African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol in El Geneina, West Darfur. Four Nigerian peacekeepers were killed and eight wounded.”
He therefore, called on Sudanese authorities “to conduct a full investigation and to ensure that the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice.” The Secretary-General also expressed his condolences to Nigerian government, the families of the fallen peacekeepers and UNAMID, through a senior Nigerian diplomat and former External Affairs minister, Prof Ibrahim Gambari.
On their part, members of the UN Security Council “condemned in strongest terms, the October 2 ambush on UNAMID patrol in El Geneina, West Darfur. In a statement by the Council, the members also expressed their condolences to the families of the peacekeepers as well as the Government of Nigeria.While also calling on the government of Sudan to swiftly investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice. The Council, “reiterated its full support for UNAMID and called on all parties in Darfur to cooperate with the mission.”
Were they killed because they were Nigerians?
May their soul rest in peace!
Its very unfortunate. Their family should be adequately compensated & should not be negleted by govt.
Why only Nigerian soldiers? are they the only people on that troop?last time it happened in Cote d’ivoire only Nigerian soldiers, they should tell us why Nigerians only, because Sudaness can never withstand Nigerians when we will bounce back. This are the same Boko Harrams group,they have their link allover Africa, but soonest it shall be over.
There’s massacre in Mubi, blasts in Zaria, Bauchi, rapes in Jos, armed robbery in Lagos, Kidnappings in Delta, Anambra, Imo, Abia. Flooding everywhere from the North to the South. Grave insecurity is a mainstay in the country! Why do we have our soldiers in Darfur and not in the country where they are badly needed to deal with the current madness and unnecessary bloodletting going on? Why must our soldiers be killed on African soil trying to deal with other people’s problems? Don’t we have enough problems already?
i want to ask whether it’s only nigerian soldiers where their,becouse its unfair that the sudernes can just kill our men like that, the should take there time b4 we nigerian will start.
Let them hurry up with the investigation fast abeg.
I keep wondering on why our soldiers needed outside our land despite the fact that insecurity is what we are facing in Nigeria. May their soul Rest In Peace.
please as a matter of all urgency recall all our soldiers back to nigeria. we have enough problems at home for them to tackle
No! I dont support recall of soldier, they are doing the work they are supposed to do. We can’t because of the little skirmish stop helping those in need of our help. I dont support their death, but i believe life will go on.
May their souls rest in peace
How i wish their families could be compensated appropriately. It would have been better. But in a situation like this, the compensation gets to the top and then corruption chop it up. Oh Nigeria my motherland, help up Lord!
This is complete madness.Let the troops return today and not to wait 2morrow.there are a lot of issues at home to take care of.Boko haram,flood,etc all are there begging for help. This is like a man whose roof are on fire but he kept on search of rat.
We have to go back to African religions to deal with our problems in Nigeria because these two prominent foreign religions can not help us again because the leaderships are as corrupt as other Nigerians in political positions, the teachings of the religions are only about money making and not salvation, while African religions can be invoked to deal with the perpetrators of evils across Nigeria.
This Gofment sef… I just tire! If flood dey kill and displace many people, dem go go dey commission sports center for Timbuktu. If dem dey kill people for North, gofment go dey send we Sojas go Dafur. When bigmen/politicians dey do wayo and jibiti with we resources, gofment go dey harass people like justice Salami. Na which people dey advise we gofment sef? Gofment just dey turn blind eye efriwhere! Shuo! This thing no good o.
The fact about successful attacks on Nigerian troops are based non alertness of soldiers and their officers in the field. They are only thinking about how to make dollars forgetting the main reason why they ar there. Secondly, the Sudan rebels knows that when they attack Nigeria contingent that nothing will happen. Whenever rebels attack eg, South African or Ruwanda n Guinea contingent there must be a deadly retaliation. Most of the officers and soldiers are not at alert, they are only thinking DOLLARS AND EXCHANGE RATE.
The fact about successful attacks on Nigerian troops are based non alertness of soldiers and their officers in the field. They are only thinking about how to make dollars forgetting the main reason why they ar there. Secondly, the Sudan rebels knows that when they attack Nigeria contingent that nothing will happen. Whenever rebels attack eg, South African or Ruwanda n Guinea contingent there must be a deadly retaliation. Most of the officers and soldiers are not at alert, they are only thinking DOLLARS AND EXCHANGE RATE. Based on past experience.
My heart sympathy to the family of the soldiers,
But they died for nothing,We fought in Liberia and Sierra Leone,now we are on pension of #15000,#20000,When our senators earn about #15m monthly. Shame on this nation
Condemnation is good but that will not bring back the life of those soldiers. The UN must ensure that the attackers are fully brought to book and the families of the late armies are adequately compensated.