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The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with from the special forces of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government. The resulting civil war lasted almost 11 years, and had up to 70,000 casualties;an estimated 2.5 million people were displaced during the conflict.


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3 March 1998: Nigerian troops liberate the northern provincial capital of Makeni following fierce fighting.

Liberation : Joy Unspeakable

FREETOWN : 14 February 1998

Gallant Nigerian ECOMOG troops complete the dislodgment of the renegade AFRC-rebel RUF junta as they gallop into Freetown in the aftermath of their victorious onslaught

Freetown, 14 Feb 1998

Freetown, 14 Feb 1998

A soldier’s reward for gallantry : Nigerian ECOMOG troops get offered water and have water poured over their heads in a pristine African demonstration of love and appreciation

Attacker in Chief : Colonel (later Major General) Apata of blessed memory.

God grant you eternal light and peace, bossman.

Nigerian Army

Colonel Apata


Teni's dad?

A relative of mine of about 26 years old was drafted for this war and it was a celebration galore when he came back alive.

ECOMOG troops enter LUNSAR, March 1998

Sierra Leone, June 1998

I could be mistaken but this Colonel surely looks to me like the incumbent Etsu Nupe, Brig Gen Yaya Abubakar (rtd)

For one, he was a 14RC armoured corps officer and saw ECOMOG action.

Again, there was quite some armour on display here in his AoR

Nigerian ECOMOG troops enter Sierra Leone overland from Liberia

illicit:
Colonel Apata


Teni's dad?

yep!

ARMA”

Panhard Sagaie and Panhard VBL M11 vehicles

March 1998.

Makeni, Daru, Karbala all fell to Nigerian ECOMOG troops AFTER the Feb 1998 ouster of the AFRC-RUF junta from Freetown

That was when men were in the military. men with ion for the job.


now we have majority of those that entered soldier bc they dont have job and their uncle na oga for army not bc they hve the ion for it.

Thats why our military has turned to cry-babies in the north and cant dislodge rag-tag gun totting insurgents, killer headsmen and kidnappers.

COMRADES, ECOMOG, Nigeria in particular played a significant role in that war, except that, according to the documentary I watched on Aljazeera there ware some cases of human rights abuses committed by the Nigerian army

That was when Nigeria had real soldiers now, what we have are only idiots who only flex muscles on armless civilians & paparazzi soldiers, In our days it was not like that

When we had an Army indeed and before they became politicised

Na tiktok army we get now
Slightly good in numbers against unarmed civilians

Undisciplined rabbles

spagettiluv:
Nigerian ECOMOG troops enter Sierra Leone overland from Liberia

lost my dad there 1995 in sierria leone

Mynd44

When I wanted to the Nigerian Navy, then i was on my 2nd year in the university. It was all about ion and dedication to save in the Nigerian Armed Forces. I was swimming superfluously and not driven by lack of job to be a soldier.

After taking the NDA exam in Port Harcourt at a naval base, my name didn't appear when the results were published. I said ok, let me continue with my education.

Today, I feel happy about not been enlisted in the Navy considering how the Nigerian Govt made mess of the Armed Forces.

A friend of mine in the Navy told me some Naval officer don't even know how to swim. I was shocked to the marrow cos that should be the first requirement to be an officer of the Nigerian Navy. This is mediocrity at best.

It's a shame seeing soldiers extort money from motorists and engage in fuel bunkering.

Liberation Joy Unspeakable ... Hello, need help with your academic papers? us.

Melagros:
COMRADES, ECOMOG, Nigeria in particular played a significant role in that war, except that, according to the documentary I watched on Aljazeera there ware some cases of human rights abuses committed by the Nigerian army

You dey listen to terrorists news media?

When Nigeria army was still very gallant.
The politics of Boko Haram now make them look like boys scout..


You don't mess with general apata or bamiyi.
They will Bleep you up.
Good old days when Nigeria army was feared in this sub region.
With general Obasanjo as commander in chief.🦾💪

spagettiluv:
Attacker in Chief : Colonel (later Major General) Apata of blessed memory.

God grant you eternal light and peace, bossman.

This general apata na teni's father

adontcare:
lost my dad there 1995 in sierria leone

May his soul keep on RIP

Leboska:
That was when Nigeria had real soldiers now, what we have are only idiots who only flex muscles on armless civilians & paparazzi soldiers, In our days it was not like that

Stop talking rubbish.

The Nigerian military is even MORE powerful today, with better training, and more and better weapons.

They can never be as effective fighting an internal terrorist group in Nigeria for the simple reason that their ‘success’ in that depends on the amount of damage they can cause within the country, making it a terrible dilemma, which prevents them from exercising their full strength and armoury on the terrorists/bandits etc.

Send them out to fight a foreign war where there are no such restraints, and you will see they’re a fearsome fighting force.

adontcare:
lost my dad there 1995 in sierria leone

May God Rest His Selfless Soul!

Quintessence44:


Stop talking rubbish.

The Nigerian military is even MORE powerful today, with better training, and more and better weapons.

They can never be as effective fighting an internal terrorist group in Nigeria for the simple reason that their ‘success’ in that depends on the amount of damage they can cause within the country, making it a terrible dilemma, which prevents them from exercising their full strength and armoury on the terrorists/bandits etc.

Send them out to fight a foreign war where there are no such restraints, and you will see they’re a fearsome fighting force.

You are right. That is why the US did not defeat Taliban even after 20 years in Afghanistan. To fight terrorist is not child's play because you cannot identify one by just mere appearance