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Obasanjo’s Questionable Colombian Security Experts - Thisday by Elose11(m): 7:02am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Colombia has been battling
insurgency for over 50 years
without success. The story
from this country regarding
terrorism management is not
attractive. So, what do we
have to learn from them that
will help us in the battle
against Boko Haram? Nothing!
That was why I found the visit
to President Muhammadu
Buhari on Monday by the so-
called Colombian security
delegation bizarre. The tetchy
former President Olusegun
Obasanjo led the team to meet
with Buhari. The Colombian
experts are in Nigeria to share
professional expertise on
security and counter terrorism,
so says Obasanjo. He said
Nigeria needed to learn how
Colombia survived insurgency
for more than 50 years.
Rubbish! Everybody is just
trying to exploit the Boko
Haram crisis to milk this
country dry. Obasanjo has a lot
of questions to answer in this
regard. He has been all over
Buhari since May 29. Now, he
is talking about Colombian
security experts. Many will
agree with me that Colombia is
obviously a failure in this
regard. Common sense
dictates that Nigeria should be
talking to countries that have
successfully battled insurgency
and not one struggling with it.
For those who have not been
following the crisis in
Colombia, let me just run
through it briefly. The
Colombian conflict began in
1964 and is an ongoing low-
intensity asymmetric war
between the Colombian
government, paramilitary
groups, crime syndicates and
left-wing guerrillas such as the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC) and the
National Liberation Army
(ELN), fighting each other to
increase their influence in
Colombia. It is historically
rooted in the conflict known as
La Violencia, which was
triggered by the 1948
assassination of populist
political leader Jorge Eliécer
Gaitán and in the aftermath of
United States-backed strong
anti-communist repression in
rural Colombia in the 1960s
which led the liberal and
communist militants to re-
organise into FARC.
The FARC and other guerrilla
movements claim to be
fighting for the rights of the
poor in Colombia; to protect
them from government
violence and to provide social
justice through communism.
The Colombian government is
fighting for order and stability
and seeking to protect the
rights and interests of its
citizens. The paramilitary
groups are reacting to
perceived threats by guerrilla
movements. According to a
study by Colombia’s National
Centre for Historical Memory,
220,000 people have died in
the conflict, most of them
civilians (177,307 civilians and
40,787 fighters) and more than
five million civilians were
forced from their homes
between 1985 – 2012,
generating the world’s second
largest population of internally
displaced persons(IDPs).
Nigeria’s target is to
decapitate Boko Haram by
December. So, what do we
have to gain from a country
that is confused and has been
struggling with terrorism for
over 50 years? Na wa oh! Boko
Haram has become big
business for our big men.
Many of them have clearly
been profiting from the
terrorism. They are always
plotting to sell useless things
to the Nigerian government in
the name of contributing to the
war against Boko Haram. May
Allah save us from these
merchants of filth? |
Re: Obasanjo’s Questionable Colombian Security Experts - Thisday by Bambless1(m): 7:03am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Russia Army Lo Sure JU |
Re: Obasanjo’s Questionable Colombian Security Experts - Thisday by StepTwo: 7:05am On Oct 17, 2015 |
OP, Source? |
Re: Obasanjo’s Questionable Colombian Security Experts - Thisday by warrior01: 7:08am On Oct 17, 2015 |
I wonder why the old fool is always trying to make himself relevant in any government in power. Time to put him in his place |
Re: Obasanjo’s Questionable Colombian Security Experts - Thisday by mannobi(m): 7:10am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Obasanjo always. I hope their invitation won't infiltrate our country with more sophisticated terrorists |
Re: Obasanjo’s Questionable Colombian Security Experts - Thisday by omowolewa: 7:24am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Let call Putin abeg |
Re: Obasanjo’s Questionable Colombian Security Experts - Thisday by Mrbigman1(m): 7:25am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Una no sabi say deal wey Obj sign with boko haram will expire after 50 years. The guy is all over buhari cos he seems to ve returned to power after 5 years of Gej blanking. Now, Nigeria problem continues. |
Re: Obasanjo’s Questionable Colombian Security Experts - Thisday by Nobody: 8:02am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Why Thief Obasanjo no employ them when he was in power 1999-2007? This fool should just be locked up already. He maybe trying to get secret CIA agents to infliterate PMB's security team to help remove Buhari. I advised Buhari to arrest this criminal or at least stay way clear of him. 1 Like |
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