As Nigeria grapples with the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the North-Eastern part of the country, the option of recruiting and paying “attractive amount of money” to Fulani herdsmen to tackle the insurgents has been recommended to the Federal Government.

The recommendation is contained in a bulky report titled: “Towards a New Dawn in Nigeria post 2015.” It is a compendium of papers, suggestions, analyses, and reports presented by, scholars and policy practitioners assembled by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Mr. Obasanjo assembled the think-tank of experts, as special committees of the Centre for Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, to provide actionable and “innovative” policy recommendations for President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle myriad of challenges – particularly those of security, economy, education, and infrastructure – facing Nigeria.

The recommendation of recruiting Fulani herdsmen to confront Boko Haram insurgents was made by a team led by Ahmed Joda and consisted of Nuhu Ribadu, Steve Orosanye, Tunji Olagunju, George Obiozor, Yusufu Pam, and Peter Okebukola.

Mr. Joda was also head of the transition committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari before his inauguration while most of the others held various positions during the Obasanjo presidency with Mr. Ribadu being the internationally acclaimed pioneer chairman of Nigeria’s major anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC].

Noting the socio-economic conditions which provide easy recruits for Boko Haram, the team stated that, “a Boko Haram recruit is offered a juicy pay in a milieu where joblessness pervades”.

Five Steps

In its recommendation, the team made a five-point proposition, covering finance, recruitment, accountability, reward, as well as schedule and propaganda.

It asked the Defence Ministry to determine the battle fronts where the herdsmen would be needed and the specific number and duration of service to ensure accountability of the process. This, according to the report, will involve working in collaboration with civilian Joint Task Force.

According to the report, the second step would involve the Presidency and the National Assembly. After the Defence Ministry and Civilian JTF must have concluded issues of finance, personnel, and logistics, the presidency should present the case to the National Assembly for urgent approval of funds needed.

Subsequently, a joint team of defence officials, civilian JTF and heads of Fulani herdsmen would be commissioned to recruit and pay the volunteers with accurate records kept.

The fourth proposal involves saddling the Federal Ministry of Information, National Orientation Agency, as well as public and private media houses with war propaganda.

They are to embark on “intensive broadcast of jingles to the general public and use propaganda to cause panic in the ranks of the insurgents.”

Similarly, the team proposed that agencies of the federal and state governments, vigilante groups, telecommunication companies and non-governmental organisations should dissipate efforts towards massive enlightenment about how the insurgents, not government troops, are killing people and the success stories of government’s efforts. The enlightenment should also include committing religious leaders like the Sultan of Sokoto and other Islamic scholars to condemn terrorism and “preach true tenets of Islam”.

In its last proposition on the use of Fulani herdsmen to confront Boko Haram, the team proposed that the National Intelligence Agency, State Security Service and the media are to provide “random monitoring of the Fulani herdsmen especially during pay period to ensure they are getting their agreed payments”.

Use hunters too

In another recommendation off conventional military deployment, the think-tank also asked the federal government to adopt the “Mubi Model” of supporting, rewarding, and arming hunters to fight Boko Haram.

The Mubi model refers to the incident in November 2014 when a group of hunters and local vigilante mobilised and successfully liberated Mubi and other towns in Adamawa State hitherto occupied by the Boko Haram sect.

The think-tank therefore urged the federal government and governments of the insurgency-ravaged North-Eastern states to “review the vigilante strategy and support volunteer hunters with generous welfare, military training and light weapons” and provide “corruption free reward system to the vigilantes that is sustainable and competitive to Boko Haram financial offers.”

The committee’s recommendation of using herdsmen and hunters to fight Boko Haram is to supplement the efforts of the Nigerian military.

It urged the consolidation of the military campaign, as well as motivation and provision of adequate equipment for the military to be able to defeat the insurgents whose actions have caused the death of about 20,000 people, mostly in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states since 2009.

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It won't be a bad idea, they should join in the fight against BH, though we know that majority of them are evil (fight evil with evil) it will help them quench their thirst for innocent citizens' blood.
It will also help package their fleas infested joysticks they use in raping innocent women and children.
They don't even need to he paid cash, just each person a calf and they will give u results.

Yoruba will say 'omo ina la n ran si ina. Fire for fire. Hmmm but wait o, not sure about this advice o...

By the way, before I forget, someone should help me give the mumu above me a very dirty slap.

https://video-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xpa1/v/t42.1790-2/10997438_879352588783375_863224189_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjgxOSwicmxhIjo1MTJ9&rl=819&vabr=455&oh=74e3829a8a2434785b0ab9bce3286e79&oe=55DB63E9

The same criminals that are in Boko Haram and who are currently waging a Jihad in the Christian middle belt?


This is another move to put weapons in the hands of criminals and promote the jihad further.

Are the herdsmen different from boko haram?

In less than a year from now ISWAP will control northern Nigeria, parts of Niger Republic, Chad, North Cameron and Mali.

They are in Libya and the only thing stopping them from advancing south of Libya is to consolidate power all over Libya over other similar radical militias.


ISWAP will ride into towns and cities in the core north to a heroes welcome with little or no resistance from where they will launch their campaign further south over the middle belt and southwest.


It is from this chaos and collapse of a central govt that Niger Delta and Biafra Republic will be declared.

Dumbest idea of the century I must say. Trust me Boko Haram are not even as deadly as the Fulani beast. In fact the military should regard dem as boko haram n do the needful when sighted....

ramdris:
Dumbest idea of the century I must say. Trust me Boko Haram are not even as deadly as the Fulani beast. In fact the military should regard dem as boko haram b do the needful when sighted....

I've got news for you...

The Nigerian military and current administration have more Boko sympathisers than there is dirt on the streets of Bujumbara.

Conflicts like what we have in the north require community collaboration in the area of intelligence gathering since Boko Haram are operating using guerrilla tactics and can easily blend into society undetected by the army.


Only community participation like the civilian JTF can truly help.


Another solution is to set up counter insurgency militias but this only operates where ideological divides exist like in south and central America, Iraq and Lebanon with Sunni Shiites.

But the north is homogeneously Sunni and all indications point to the fact that most muslims do support Boko Haram.

Using Christians will be dangerous as this will put the conflict on a larger scale.

The only solution if they are serious at stopping this madness is to use sound intelligence gathering and a disciplined fighting force both of which the Nigerian govt is seriously lacking.

If I was the President I will setup a special secret unit of highly trained elite fighters whose operations and activities will be directly under my sole command and will report directly to me only.

The Special force only objective will be to identify and take out Boko commanders. To kill a snake you strike it's head and not the tail.


The Special Force will be a shadow company of no more than 500 personnel and officers and will have their own logistic, air capabilities and funding.

Since they do not exist officially, there will be no ROE or Geneva convention to guide them and their main task is to kill on sight any top commander. They will operate deep in captured territory and from neighbouring Cameroun.

In a week of starting their operations Boko Haram will see them as ghosts.

BishopMagic:
In less than a year from now ISWAP will control northern Nigeria, parts of Niger Republic, Chad, North Cameron and Mali.

They are in Libya and the only thing stopping them from advancing south of Libya is to consolidate power all over Libya over other similar radical militias.


ISWAP will ride into towns and cities in the core north to a heroes welcome with little or no resistance from where they will launch their campaign further south over the middle belt and southwest.


It is from this chaos and collapse of a central govt that Niger Delta and Biafra Republic will be declared.

Continue to deceive yourself.

lolaxavier:


Continue to deceive yourself.

Continue to bury your head.

BishopMagic:


Continue to bury your head.

Don't worry, wait and see for yourself. It will shock you.

lolaxavier:


Don't worry, wait and see for yourself. It will shock you.

The future of Nigeria under Buhari is bleak.

Only a change chanting zombie believes this sectional bigot can transform and lead Nigeria in the 21st century

BishopMagic:


The future of Nigeria under Buhari is bleak.

Only a change chanting zombie believes this sectional bigot can transform and lead Nigeria in the 21st century

Your clouded judgment has hindered your myopic thoughts, hence you can never see anything good in transparent excellence. Quite unfortunate.

lolaxavier:


Your clouded judgment has hindered your myopic thoughts, hence you can never see anything good in transparent excellence. Quite unfortunate.

You blind zombie follow follow state has turned you into a cow following this Fulani herdsman to the slaughter house.

BishopMagic:


You blind zombie follow follow state has turned you into a cow following this Fulani herdsman to the slaughter house.

Shame on you. It is a plain field and you turned to using abusive words. Typical of clueless beings like you. In fact, i won't waste time responding to you again. Quote me again, and that means you have signed a contract with thunder to fire you left, right, centre and below.

Hell NO!