The War Planes We Are Using To Fight Boko Haram Were Bought In 1981! - Alex Badeh

In an interview with us, immediate past Chief of Defence staff, Alex Badeh said the last time the Nigerian army received new equipment was in 2006 and that the Nigerian military flies the oldest fighter jets in the whole world.

"We found out that we had fifth columnist in the military that were leaking information to terrorist and then we also had challenges of serviceable equipment. If I go down memory lane, I think the last time any piece of equipment was bought for the Nigerian army was in 2006 and how many were they? They were few. In fact they were few and if we go way back to 1993, from then on, soldiers were not allowed to even go to range to go and practice.
"So a soldier that is not practicing how to use his gun, what kind of military are you going to have? So those were the challenges we had so when we were faced with Boko Haram, it became a very big challenge. We have been trying to increase the military by ourselves. You don't give me budget and say go and build barracks. Barracks is capital intensive. So even if we recruit so many people in the military now, we don't have where to house them. So it is a challenge too that government must face. Government must build barracks for us so that we can recruit more.
"For a population of over 170 million, what we have in Nigeria can not be adequate enough to protect us So those were the challenges we had. Inadequate equipment, obsolete equipment. In fact we are the ones that are flying the oldest fighter aeroplanes in the whole world. Alpha jets we bought them in 1981. That is the backbone of our operations in the Northeast" he said

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Posted: at 3-08-2015 02:56 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

  so it is now you are telling us this.

Posted: at 3-08-2015 03:12 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

All the flight Gets and weapons that you surpose to buy are already in your BIG BELY's now you are crying for what? CALAMITY

Posted: at 3-08-2015 03:24 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

i'm ashamed of been called a Nigerian.
corruption has eaten too deep into the foundation of Nigeria.
i wonder why and how we came about been called the giant of Africa.
don't tell me you don't know those who are sabotaging the military's effort.
we know them, but tribalism and religion will not allow us to take the appropriate action.
BOKO HARAM will be a history in few weeks if the northerners want it so.
if the truth must be told, they are the brain behind BK.

Posted: at 3-08-2015 03:27 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Rubbish NONSENSE

Posted: at 3-08-2015 05:01 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie

Na wah ooo

Posted: at 3-08-2015 06:32 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Sebi grandpa don buy na abi if america no sell for am, make he go rissian na.

Posted: at 3-08-2015 08:00 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

trash

Posted: at 3-08-2015 08:45 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

JONATHAN BOYS don dey open up, where the trillions wey him budget for security, yeyeh

Posted: at 3-08-2015 11:49 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie

Why can't you resign that time, Ole with big Belle, 

Posted: at 4-08-2015 02:51 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming