Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that the deployment of military is not the solution to the Boko Haram upsurge in parts of the North. He canvassed what he called “deep” intelligence on the group.

Obasanjo, who was speaking in Abeokuta, said the type of training the military offers should be kept in perspective.

“Asking the military to deal with them (Boko Haram), we need to know that the military are trained in a static way. The group should be known and identifiable when they are captured. In this way, the military would know how to deal them,”he said.

Advancing more argument to buttress his point, the former president said: “But when a man is on okada with a gun and kill people along the road, how do you deal with such person? We have to find out why they became so bloody. There is so much to know and so much to find out before you can deal with them."

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/obasanjo-why-soldiers-can-t-tackle-boko-haram/94660/

Infiltration!!

Intelligence officers have to infiltrate the group, know how they communicate, know their camps and then leak their infos intelligently,

But if we kill all the boko haramists, we still risk the rise of another group or same group because we are battling ideologies here,

From their name alone, we should know this is war against ideoology and the best way to win is brain washing (Education)!!

With due respect, I don't think he has said anything new. All he said here are already on-going. Military warfare is a broad range of tactics including static and mobile techniques, both backed with efficient intelligence gathering. I am sure the military is applying them.

How did they deal with the Maitatsine in the 80's ? These our security agencies sef too dey forget things.

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How did they deal with the Maitatsine in the 80's ? These our security agencies sef too dey forget things.

Within few months they became nuisance, Buhari fix that, and Nigerians were never bothered again for decades. So sad he is not here to fix MEND, BOKO, OPC, MASSOP, etc.