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| How former Nigeria military boss Alex Badeh betrayed Jonathan: The evidenced that shamed Badeh |
Colonel Sambo Dasuki, former Nigeria's National Security Adviser (NSA), has released photos of sophisticated weapons acquired by ex-president Goodluck Jonathan to fight the Boko Haram terrorists. With these irrefutable evidence Dasuki shamed Nigeria's immedaite past Chief of Defence staff Alex Badeh, who recently insinuated that Nigeria's military was handicapped in the fight against Boko Haram by poor military equipment.
Describing his task of coordinating the war against the terrorists as the “most complex and challenging assignment” of his 38-year-long career, Badeh stated he was saddled with the task of leading a military which lacked the “relevant equipment and motivation to fight an enemy that was invisible and embedded with the local populace”.
Latching on to this, Northern elders from Borno State under the aegis of Borno Elders Forum, led by Gaji Galtimari, a retired ambassador, have accused the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan of deliberately allowing Boko Haram to massacre the people of Northeast Nigeria.
They therefore want Jonathan and his service chiefs tried for genocide. The elders said the confession by the immediate Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, a retired Air Vice Marshall, that he presided over an ill-equipped military during his tenure, has exposed the wicked motives of the federal government of Nigeria under President Goodluck Jonathan to annihilate the northeast region by pushing soldiers to fight Boko Haram with faulty weapons.
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| Czech tanks T-72 and rocket launchers worth 7M€ to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram. |
Dasuki has also spoken about how the previous government recaptured many local governments from the terrorists.
Immediate past NSA told PRNigeria: “The armored tanks have comprehensive NBC protection system, just as we deployed Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles that we bought and could withstand improvised explosive device (IED) attacks and ambushes. The vehicles had protected our troops from the land mine threats.
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| Main battle tank T72. |
“We are glad that we also provided assorted Armoured Personnel Carriers to transport troops to the battlefield. They are armed for self-defence and to provide protection from attacks from shrapnel and small arms fire.
“All these were acquired in the last one year after years of frustration by Western powers who denied us of the equipment and sabotage our efforts to acquire same from other sources which are reasons for some delay in delivery.”
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| Soviet Union made T72 tanks in transportation mode. |
Ex-NSA noted that some other weapons already paid for by the previous government are due to be transported soon.
“It was unfortunate that some elements are frustrating the efforts as we even had to query some suppliers for delay in delivery of arms and ammunitions,” Dasuki added.
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| Mine resistant ambush protected vehicles. |
“We utilized some of these equipment to recover more than 22 local governments under Boko Haram terrorists and ensured that Shekau did not disrupt the 2015 election as he had threatened. Not only did we ensure that the elections were peaceful, Shekau has never spoken to threaten anyone again since then.”
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| T72 tanks ready for transportation. |
Former NSA answering to critics of past government on security problems, said: “In attempt to rubbish individuals for whatever reasons, political or otherwise, we should be careful not to rubbish sensitive institutions and their personnel that might still be in active service.
“It is unfortunate that some elements hide under the cover of anonymity in the media to rubbish some of the sacrifices we made. They should the take the courage to come out publicly by identifying themselves with their baseless allegations.”
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| MI series of Russian made helicopters. |
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| Chinese Dongfeng military trucks |
It should be noted that President Muhammadu Buhari has fired all service chiefs alongside the NSA on July 13, Monday.
Sambo became a subject of media focus since his homes in Abuja and Sokoto were invaded by operatives of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) the same week he left office on the eve of Eid -Fitri 2015.
It should be noted that in the recent videos, Boko Haram leader Shekau failed to appear. This was followed by a set of allegations that he was either in hiding, or had been wounded or murdered.
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