…Sect has killed 3,000 –Army chief

November 6, 2012 21 Comments »
…Sect has killed 3,000  –Army chief

From LAYI OLANREWAJU, Ilorin

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika yesterday put the number of people so far killed by the Boko Haram at 3,000. He lamented that the activities of the sect had adversely taken economic and psychological tolls on the people and business in the northern part of the country.

The chief of army staff spoke yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital while declaring open the third inter-division and headquarters map reading competition organized by the Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC). General Ihejirika who was represented by the General Officer, Commanding 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major Mohammed Abubakar added that the current security challenges in the country required collective and extra efforts to tackle.

His words: “The changing nature of threats to Nigeria’s national security environment has manifested in the militancy, kidnapping, violent extremism and terrorism. It is a known fact that terrorism worldwide is characterized by extremism, violence, hatred, lack of respect for human dignity and constituted authority.

“The spate of bombings in parts of the North has necessitated the Nigerian Army to review its doctrine, with a view to updating our training and operational procedures to fulfill our constitutional mandate. Success in this pursuit, therefore calls for renewed and concerted efforts and initiative.

“I therefore urge all of us to remain resilient to be able to overcome the miscreants and terrorist attacks on our psyche and our beloved country through conscientious effort for the country to make good progress. It is in this line, that I commend the determination of NAEC to write and publish a book on ‘terrorism.’ “This will no doubt positively contribute to our determination to fight the present security challenges.

The book will also serve as a reference material for researchers on Nigerian Army viewpoint and strategy against domestic terrorism.” Earlier, the Corps Commander, NAEC, Major-General Lucky Banjiram said the current security challenges in the country had continued to undermine national security. He added that the challenges had thereby placed strains and demands on the Nigerian Army’s resources. He said: “It becomes necessary therefore to re-emphasise the need for training and retraining of army personnel. The competition is NAEC’s effort towards the training of its personnel and the creation of a pool of instructors in map reading for the Nigerian Army”


21 Comments

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  2. Ify boy November 6, 2012 at 8:08 am - Reply

    Map reading competition and writing a book on terrorism, to curb terrorism ??? interesting.

  3. Kollybay November 6, 2012 at 8:09 am - Reply

    3000 lives are gone through these so call Boko Haram, then now they want dialogue with government, but what i knows is that there cursed already, because ” he who killed by sword shall also die by sword”

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  6. chibuike November 6, 2012 at 9:10 am - Reply

    stop lamenting over choky-smoke, you know where the fire is comming from. Quench the fire and the smoke seizes. government stop deceiveing Nigerians

  7. Eazyboyy November 6, 2012 at 9:16 am - Reply

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  10. aliyu November 6, 2012 at 10:18 am - Reply

    what about the innocent people JTF kills

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  13. Eddy November 6, 2012 at 11:43 am - Reply

    Eazyboyy, that is Nigeria, we dn’t know how to join hands together to surve problem. As much as i hate PDP with passion, i can never vote any political party or candidate the only talk of problem and never provide solution. they dn’t care about Nigeria, the only care about themselves.

  14. Evangelist Joseph U. Afurobi November 6, 2012 at 12:55 pm - Reply

    I highly commend President Jonathan, for reaching joint security arrangement along the border, with Authorities in Niger Republic. It is long overdue. Such should be extended to all the Northern boundaries. It will go a long way to nip in the bud, influx of mercenary fighters, arms smuggling, and other evils across the border with Chad, and other neighbouring countries. There should be proper ways of identifying other nationals, and illegal aliens in Nigeria. Many of the wanton destruction lives and property, are being carried out by paid, illegal aliens in the country. Multitude of them are hired to vote during elections. Nigerian Authorities need to take drastic measures, to end wanton destruction of lives and property by sponsored terrorists, if they want the country to remain one. Massacre of South Easterners preceded the civil war. There is hardly an hamlet in South Eastern Nigeria, that isn’t bereaved of persons living in the North, by batches of religious fanatics since after the Nigerian civil war. They take the initial peaceful disposition of people in the South for granted: or as a weakness. Those hypocrites in the North should stop making noise about one Nigeria, then stop aiding and abetting terrorism. Visit: http://www.powertrumpeter.org.

  15. Thunder November 6, 2012 at 2:41 pm - Reply

    The figure is more than this by my own recordings ples give the appropriate number it is more than this.

  16. okenwa igbo November 6, 2012 at 2:58 pm - Reply

    this a call 4 action and nt reading.that mentality of born to rule over d other is d problm we re facing today in nigeria agaisnt d boko haram and there leaders no 1 buhari and co,those serving senators arrestd.i comend our army 4 a good job done so far.the army shld knw d battle wt this restless bloody surkers hv just began.so, they shld thighten up there belth well to face there new tactics and all those involve in ths act of terro shld henceforth be arrestd and be tried,if convicted shld face d law of d land, innocent life s wasted 4 no gd reason ar demanding 4 justice take note.

  17. okenwa igbo November 6, 2012 at 3:03 pm - Reply

    this a call 4 action and nt reading.that mentality of born to rule over d other is d problm we re facing today in nigeria agaisnt d boko haram and there leaders no 1 buhari and co,those serving senators arrestd.i commend our army 4 a good job done so far.the army shld knw d battle wt this restless bloody surkers hv just began.so, they shld thighten up there belth well to face there new tactics and all those involve in ths act of terro shld henceforth be arrestd and be tried,if convicted shld face d law of d land, innocent life s wasted 4 no gd reason ar demanding 4 justice take note.

  18. Alex Ogwo November 6, 2012 at 3:07 pm - Reply

    Pls, Oga Ihejirika give these animals in the name of Jihad fire for fire. pls.

  19. GEJGOODPRESIDENT November 6, 2012 at 3:07 pm - Reply

    Oga COAS & his rep. Dis long grama, reading of map & book writin is a very poor step 2 curb d menarce. ITZ HIGH TIME U ACT AS A SOLDIER!

  20. Tony November 6, 2012 at 11:55 pm - Reply

    3,000 human beings not sheeps, i just hop i’m right; isn’t this 3,000 Nigerians equivalent to the lives America lost in 9/11 which brought about the killing of Osama Bin Laden? If we mus do somthing right then we can’t act lik the Nigerian life means nothing to us.
    Nigerians i dare to say; “there should be peace but let there also be justice”.

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