When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come to protect them from Boko Haram.
But it was a disguise. ... The militants arrived in Toyota HiLux pickup trucks — commonly used by the military — and told the civilians they were soldiers and that they had come "to protect you all," the same tactic used by the group when they kidnapped the girls from a school in the town of Chibok on April 15.
"We all thought they were the soldiers whom we earlier reported to that the insurgents might attack us," said the community leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared for his life.
After the militants forced everyone into the village centers, "they began to shout 'Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar,' then they started to fire at the people continuously for a very long time until all who had gathered were dead," he said. Allahu akbar means God is great.
I'm so very glad none of those civilians had guns. Can you imagine the cross fire if they had shot back?
Nigeria: IGP Bans Issuance of New Arms Licences By Bayo Oladeji and Matthew Dike, 8 February 2014
In his renewed move to curb the proliferation of arms and thuggery, the inspector-general of police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has banned the issuance of new firearms licences to individuals.
This was disclosed to journalists in Lagos yesterday by force police public relations officer Frank Mba, at the pull-out ceremony of some top police officers at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday.
Mba said that arms proliferation and thuggery were among security challenges the police intended to arrest without further delay.
I do apologize for not having a peer reviewed consensus on the veractiy of this article that's been notarized by the UN and your mother. It's an imperfect world.
I do apologize for not having a peer reviewed consensus on the veractiy of this article that's been notarized by the UN and your mother. It's an imperfect world.
Nigerian civilian gun regulations have no relation to what's going on there with the insurgents. The northern section of the country, where the insurgency is concentrated, has very little in the way of a local or national police or army presence. Who would be able to enforce any gun regulations? Very few civilians in this financially impoverished region have the fungible resources to lay out for the kind of weapons and stockpiles of ammo that could deter the insurgents or make them think twice before their next rampage.
The insurgents, on the other hand, have other means. Money, logistical support and weapons come to them from sympathetic groups outside of the country. With that external support, they buy arms and ammo from sympathizers or the corrupt among the ranks of Nigeria's police and army. They have also raided arms stockpiles from the few police and army outposts that have been set up in the northern region.
Source: The rinselberg World Fact Book
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Nigerian civilian gun regulations have no relation to what's going on there with the insurgents. The northern section of the country, where the insurgency is concentrated, has very little in the way of a local or national police or army presence. Who would be able to enforce any gun regulations? Very few civilians in this financially impoverished region have the fungible resources to lay out for the kind of weapons and stockpiles of ammo that could deter the insurgents or make them think twice before their next rampage.
The insurgents, on the other hand, have other means. Money, logistical support and weapons come to them from sympathetic groups outside of the country. With that external support, they buy arms and ammo from sympathizers or the corrupt among the ranks of Nigeria's police and army. They have also raided arms stockpiles from the few police and army outposts that have been set up in the northern region.
Source: The rinselberg World Fact Book
so do you know why they would say Allahu akbar means God is great as they killed them all .
Originally posted by fierobrian: So do you know why they would say Allahu Akbar means God is great as they killed them all?
That's kind of a non-sequitur in a discussion that is more about the Second Amendment and firearms regulations, than it is about Islamic extremists. But I know where you are coming from, and where you are going with this.
I hope the Nigerian Army is hot on the trail of those marauding Korans. Did the witnesses have a good look at them? Should the Nigerian soldiers be on the lookout for paperbacks, or were these hardcover editions? English translations, or Arabic language? Could they have been CD-Roms?
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That's kind of a non-sequitur in a discussion that is more about the Second Amendment and gun regulations, than it is about Islamic extremists. But I know where you are coming from, and where you are going with this.
I hope the Nigerian Army is hot on the trail of those marauding Korans. Did the witnesses have a good look at them? Should the Nigerian soldiers be on the lookout for paperbacks, or were these hardcover editions? English translations, or Arabic language?
That's very considerate of you to limit yourself only to the topic of my first post and not other information that was part of the original article. I didn't feel the need to mention The Religion of Peace™ slaughtering people, again. It's clearly obvious from the article.
At times I almost wonder if the phrase "Allahu akbar" is ever uttered when the speaker is not trying to murder someone. I'm sure it must be.
Nigerian civilian gun regulations have no relation to what's going on there with the insurgents. The northern section of the country, where the insurgency is concentrated, has very little in the way of a local or national police or army presence. Who would be able to enforce any gun regulations? Very few civilians in this financially impoverished region have the fungible resources to lay out for the kind of weapons and stockpiles of ammo that could deter the insurgents or make them think twice before their next rampage. Source: The rinselberg World Fact Book
So if you are suggesting that we send relief in the form of arming the " impoverished " in this region so they can provide protection and security for themselves,there familys and even there villiages.....then Im agreeing with you and would help.
if you are suggesting that we send relief in the form of arming the " impoverished " in this region so they can provide protection and security for themselves,there familys and even there villiages.....then Im agreeing with you and would help.
