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The defence headquarters has confirmed the killing of five personnel deployed to Aba, Abia State by terrorists of Indigenous People Of Biafra and Eastern Security Network on Thursday.

Troops of Operation UDO KA had been deployed at Obikabia Junction Checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Areas adjourning Aba metropolis in Abia State to maintain peace and order during the celebration of Biafra day in the south East culminating in a sit-at-home order by IPOB/ESN.

A terse statement by the Director, Defence Media operations Major General Edward says Buba says the military will retaliate the dastardly act.

He said Troops were massed attacked by the terrorists and killed without any provocation.

General Buba added that 6 civilians were also killed in the cross fire.

The terrorists in three tinted Prado Toyota SUVs and others from built-up areas surrounding the checkpoint and sprang a surprise attack on the troops

Investigation are ongoing concerning the attack.

According to Buba, the military would be fierce in its response.

“We would bring overwhelming military pressure on the group to ensure their total defeat."

https://ait.live/sit-at-home-fallout-military-talks-tough-promises-to-retaliate-killing-of-troops-in-abia/

Toh

Nothing to say

Not easy ruling Nigeria with all these

Innocent people should be spared


Please stop killing our soldiers, you may not like them but they have families.


I don't always agree with their modus operandi

Okay

helinues:
Toh

Nothing to say

Me too. I have nothing to say. I won't mention you again in this life. Everything is now in the past. I'm now a born again Christian. Goodbye.

Am in and every one is in . But retaliate with justice.... Don't waste innocent lives or properties........

Yes, by killing and raping innocent people.
They should also retaliate the killings of soldiers in the north , same way they do it in the south .
Yes, I am in of fishing out culprit but please spare the innocent

Season movie.

Nothing concern me but E dey mind


They can start with boko harams

It is now civilians vs the army. Pathetic !!

I only pity the innocent ones...

While I condemn the killing of soldiers by unknown gunmen, I also blame the military for sending soldiers to the East at a time like yesterday especially as there was no reason to.

This excitement by the military to go to the East should be reviewed.

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Very good. Fish them out

The soldiers killed were also ibos. Ibos in Abia state were hailing the IPOB terrorists as they were parading and having a good day killing other ibos in uniform inside Abia state. The military should not waste their time. IPOB are already experts in taking out their own people.

But if the Army still decides to go-ahead with the retaliation in Abia state, gladly the battleground is Alaibo in the SE.

It's not surprising that IPOB ran wild in Abia state unlike other South Eastern states. After LP won the election, Abia state is now the safe haven of the terrorists. IPOB and Obidients are not too different from each other. Alot of Obidients are IPOB .

As for Peter Obi, he has gone deaf and dumb to the terrorism activities that happened in his region. If it was in a different region, he would have bored is with his long epistle of how Nigeria is not safe.

Moghalu's wife of do not invest in Lagos as also gone deaf and dumb.

The likes of dmerciful (currently abroad), kettykin, gidgiddy, racoon, sisterann e.t.c were hailing the killers on from their safe abode in the SW. Only jmoore and a few others like sonature were the voice of reason.

Hypocrites.

Serve them hot and fast.

Why is the use of language always different between the North and South, we will 'retaliate', 'the audacity' etc
While its sad that lives of young men serving their country and those of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire was wasted in a dastardly manner but we should be careful not to deepen division in the minds of citizens by utterances not properly thought out or said out of uncontrolled anger that can cause more damage.
If decorum is applied, civilians will reveal the real suspects and cooperate with the military to fish out the perpetrators instead of picking up random individuals and brutalizing them after issuing such threats

Retaliation against who?

The people of Aba

Or

Against the killers?


And if they are retaliating against the killers why punishing those who are also victims of this insecurity like the military?

NIGERIAN SECURITY FORCES HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.

Issokay

I only pity the innocent people wey no price anything but go collect something

The IPOB terrorists have made their beds, so they must lie in them.

Good move ... 🤚👏

At least they should kill times 5 or 10 of those they killed!

Retaliate by killing civilians, whereas ungun known men and Boko boys are using them to count scores.

This is gonna be interesting in the coming weeks 🦹

Two wrongs don't make it right.. and it's obvious certain pple are above the law.. in both ways..
But then if this same show of force is executed on terrorists, kidnappers, boko haram and the Ipob miscreants who may be responsible for the death of these soldiers... Nigeria would have been a safe haven. In essence I hope they get the culprits and on the long run actually do due diligence to crop out this unscrupulous elements from our midst.

Sha don't touch innocent civilians while at it

Just kill them all!

Men of the Nigerian army are the dumbest lot you will find anywhere. What kind of Commander deploys his men out to enforce law and order and yet fails to provide them with everything they need to succeed?

This is the 21st century for crying out loud can the army adapt for once? You didn't need two heads to have known that IPOB was going to attack yesterday. It also didn't need the brains of a neuro surgeon to have known that IPOB was going to use vehicular transport and move in convoys. For an army that had repeatedly fallen victims to IPOB(s) style of attacks, one would have expected the army to at least have spotters in strategic sections of Aba to provide intel on any vehicular movement that would be of interest.

With the billions of dollars budgeted over the years, one would have thought that drone surveillance would be standard for each military and police formation by now. Or even basic radio equipment! How could IPOB have operated and non of the soldiers even the one IPOB allowed to go, was able to radio thier location? A simple drone overhead would have stayed on the IPOB convoy and monitored them as they returned to wherever their base is. How much do these drones cost? Pitiful pennies on the dollar. But since every money at sight must be looted, the army can keep losing its men needlessly.

An army that can't protect its own men is useless to the nation it claims it is safeguarding.