Boko haram are trained to kill, slaughter, bomb, burn, maim and destroy with viciousness and there is nothing DOMESTIC about them. They need our Army to eliminate them and not village police please Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

I didn’t read any news that ALL those killed had charms and were armed. In any case, I don’t think that the military is well-suited for these types of operations. I think that Nigeria’s security structure is not effective to keep Nigerians safe. I think it is perhaps safer to experiment with “community police” that is closer to the people. The military are trained to kill and not to handle domestic policing issues. Cheers.

There was a sustained gun battle before the criminals were killed. So there couldn’t, have been any, innocent person on the side of the gangsters. Again all those killed wore similar attire, with charms and arms. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

I understand that “they kill without mercy”. After all, that’s what criminals do. But do you not think that the specific people who did the killing should be identified and prosecuted? In this sort of military operation do you think all those people killed by the military were guilty? If you were to transpose the situation to where you live do you think that the military should just come in and start killing “suspects” where innocent civilians might also be killed?

These are the sort of things that I’m trying to get you to see. I have no sympathy for the true perpetrators but the method of apprehending them, where innocent civilians are also killed, should worry all well-meaning Nigerians. Cheers.

They kill without mercy, so why should they be shown mercy. Those they killed have a right to live, so forget that thing Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

@BlackieUmukoro. The people that you flippantly wrote off “Let them die” are fellow Nigerians you know. If the military was called in to deal with this sort of issue where you live would you feel the same way about the indiscriminate killings?

The article stated that local miners and ordinary civilians might have been inadvertently killed by the Nigerian military in these operations. If this were in our own community we wouldn’t be so sanguine. There is usually a presumption of innocence where the alleged criminal is arrested and prosecuted. These so-called rustlers should be subdued, arrested and prosecuted and jailed. It would also ensure that innocent people that are in the wrong place at the wrong time are not unduly harmed.

This lack of sensitivity about loss of life in other Nigerian communities that are not our own points to larger issues about whether we are really one country and one people!