I recently read on this forum that some top generals of the Nigerian military wrote a letter to the chairman of INEC stating unequivocally that they WILL NOT provide security for the elections unless the elections are postponed. After reading that post some questions kept tugging at my heart which I have decided to share with you all in hopes that someone out there might enlighten me.

1. Does the generals concerned answer to Jega that they should write to him directly?
2. If indeed the Commander in Chief ordered his generals to provide security for the elections despite ongoing battle in the NE wouldn't it amount to mutiny if his generals refused a direct order from their C-in-C?
3. If 6 weeks is all the time we need to quell the menace of BH which has proved intractable for at least 6 years why have we let it fester for so long?
4. If we were attacked by a foreign army in our western border with Benin republic would the armed forces leave that theater without any defense because they are too busy in the NE?

No army goes to war fully prepared. No army ever possesses all the logistics it requires to conduct a war. This is the very reason that gave rise to the field of Operations Research/Systems Science.

Jonathan is afraid of what the polls hold for him and wants the elections postponed possibly indefinitely. It is ok to be afraid but what I can't stomach is the cowardly manner he has used to achieve this while giving the impression that insubordination and disregard of the strict discipline and flow of command that is the hallmark of any professional armed forces is forgivable.