oyin44:
Boko haram are financially strong and sponsored by some northern religious fanatic's ..so it would be very difficult to defeat..

TroubleMaker47:

Deep!

daveP:
No offence to the Nigerian military, after all they see us all as bloody civilians, but can they watch some TV series that are all about military guys like SEAls Team, The Unit, Last Ship etc?


Pls let them watch it.


I said the above cos I don taya for Dia Mata.


Everything is not always by brute force.


The kingdom of heaven that the violent taketh by force, na strategic violence, not brutish violence.


A wise is enough for the words!!!!

dre11:


https://www.thecable.ng/why-nigeria-will-not-defeat-boko-haram-in-20-years

Cas1741:
There is an old proverb about the potentially calamitous outcome of seemingly "minor' errors: a blacksmith shoeing a horse for a dispatch for rider omits a nail, as a result of which the horse loses the shoe and throws its rider, as a result of which the message the rider was carrying does not make it to the battlefield, as a result of which the battle is lost, as a result of which the kingdom is lost. All for want of a nail. This cautionary proverb speaks of what the Nigerian army is afflicted with, huge monies are budgeted and stolen; no one pays attention, poor kids from very poor parents desperate to survive, enlist in the army, are poorly trained and poorly equipped, sent to fight and die. no person takes the time to ask hard questions, pay attention to minor details, senior officers court marshal soldiers who complain, they are demoralized and put up half baked resistance and slowly, the kingdom is lost. BH takes villages, local govts and soon, very soon, states will fall and the battle will be lost with huge human and financial costs, all because, one bigman who doesn't give a dam sits on the helm of state affairs and minor errors with grave calamity are made. SAD.

daveP:
No offence to the Nigerian military, after all they see us all as bloody civilians, but can they watch some TV series that are all about military guys like SEAls Team, The Unit, Last Ship etc?


Pls let them watch it.


I said the above cos I don taya for Dia Mata.


Everything is not always by brute force.


The kingdom of heaven that the violent taketh by force, na strategic violence, not brutish violence.


A wise is enough for the words!!!!

seguntijan:
I still always say it, Education is the only solution to our problem, let's domesticate our researches and let's have a political willed government to act on it. Going to World Bank or Harvard (importing economics theory), wont work in Nigeria. Even with the quality of thoughts of some member of this forum you wont but agree that our education system is the problem. Not until special attention is paid to the quality of our researches we cant become successful. NO NATION DEVELOP BEYOND HER LEVEL OF EDUCATION.

haryorbarmie83:
Please my humble question, how are they transporting their armored vehicles down to that forest? Is there no border that those armoured vehicles pass through? Someone should please help me with answers.

NaijaMutant:
The greatest threat to the war against Boko Haram is the Islamic ideology that holds sway in the North.

Both Boko Haram and the Northern religious leaders are protecting the same ideology.

Buhari even gave it away in one of his speech pre-election.

"It is believed that whoever fights for the cause of Allah and dies in the process shall go to paradise in the after life where he will be rewarded with 72 virgins and a river of wine"

How do we cure Islam of this wrong ideology

Cas1741:
There is an old proverb about the potentially calamitous outcome of seemingly "minor' errors: a blacksmith shoeing a horse for a dispatch for rider omits a nail, as a result of which the horse loses the shoe and throws its rider, as a result of which the message the rider was carrying does not make it to the battlefield, as a result of which the battle is lost, as a result of which the kingdom is lost. All for want of a nail. This cautionary proverb speaks of what the Nigerian army is afflicted with, huge monies are budgeted and stolen; no one pays attention, poor kids from very poor parents desperate to survive, enlist in the army, are poorly trained and poorly equipped, sent to fight and die. no person takes the time to ask hard questions, pay attention to minor details, senior officers court marshal soldiers who complain, they are demoralized and put up half baked resistance and slowly, the kingdom is lost. BH takes villages, local govts and soon, very soon, states will fall and the battle will be lost with huge human and financial costs, all because, one bigman who doesn't give a dam sits on the helm of state affairs and minor errors with grave calamity are made. SAD.

babyfaceafrica:
all this one is story.. the only reason they won't defeat BH is politics!!

daveP:
No offence to the Nigerian military, after all they see us all as bloody civilians, but can they watch some TV series that are all about military guys like SEAls Team, The Unit, Last Ship etc?


Pls let them watch it.


I said the above cos I don taya for Dia Mata.


Everything is not always by brute force.


The kingdom of heaven that the violent taketh by force, na strategic violence, not brutish violence.


A wise is enough for the words!!!!

madridsta007:


I lived in the core North for most of my life. I wasn’t a journalist so will tell you things from an intimate point of view. Boko Haram is simply a militarist manifestation of Islamism which was evident and the enabler of the various ethnoreliguous riots in Northern Nigeria.

Summary of my paragraph?

Boko Haram cannot and will never be defeated for varying reasons.

Simple reason is because of the factors that would ensure that it remains will always exist.

For the local populace, the Imams and Islamist teachers will never condemn it.

The military too, will loose a lot in terms of money if it ends.


Charities and NGOs will loose a lot if it ends so somehow, it has to be funded.

Politicians as well, will loose a lot if it ends. I was told that over 20 people were vying to become governor in Borno State. They are wise. They know terrorism is money.


There’s also the geopolitical dynamics in play. As long as Nigeria continues in an internal protracted fight, she will not be able to be that regional power in West Africa and Africa. So it’s not in Chad, Niger, the US, France, Britain interest that Boko Haram ends.


Hence it will continue because of these competing factors. Of course Mayowa and others with academic interest in peace building, development studies, peace and conflict studies need to write papers and win research funding so it’s unlikely that they will tackle the real issues even if they know them.

haryorbarmie83:
Please my humble question, how are they transporting their armored vehicles down to that forest? Is there no border that those armoured vehicles pass through? Someone should please help me with answers.

KanwuliaExtra:
I wish Boko Haram go near Donald Trump small.
ISIS nor go kraze reach America fa!
9-11 will not be repeated EVER AGAIN.

Only in A SHYTEHOLE I swear!

southernbelle:


That is a really interesting proverb. You made a lot of sense, it is a very sad situation we are in.