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Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, has called on Nigerians to unite in order to defeat insurgency and insecurity.

General Musa made the call on Friday at the public presentation of SCARS: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum, a book written by former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor.

He stated that military action alone could not resolve the Boko Haram crisis, urging Nigerians to embrace peace and nationhood.

“For us as a nation to move forward, we must look at this faithfully, truthfully and clearly in order to find solutions. It is not only a military solution. From my experience, the military solution is just 25 to 30 per cent,” he said.

While drawing parallels from other countries, the Defence Chief cited Singapore as an example of resilience, adding that unity is crucial to overcoming the insurgency.

“As long as we don’t love ourselves as Nigerians, and we don’t look at ourselves as our brother’s keepers, this will continue. If we want this to end, we must learn to live together as brothers and sisters. It is not magic; it must be deliberate.

“Countries have evolved over time because they looked at their challenges and resolved to overcome them. Singapore, with all the challenges it had, stood and said: It’s either we stand and die, or we work and develop.’ They have worked, and they have developed,” Musa said.

Racoon:
National unity with who? Not after demonizing the Nnamdi Kanu and the SE while your govt is giving a sovereign nation excuses as bandits and terrorists can come hold peace meeting in LGAs in the north with sophisticated cache of arms and ammunition even kidnapping hapless citizens in the process.


There is intelligence to abduction someone from Kenya back to Nigeria, but the inhouse terrorists are allowed leeway to straddle freely. The selective justice administration based on warped prismatic worldview is gonna consume you all. Continue the hypocrisy and defective national cohesion you lots are building.

iwaeda:
Nlfpmod, please what is the solution?

T9ksy:
Regionalism or outright seperation.

slivertongue:
Very correct. The anarchist are actually very few but our differences has magnified their numbers and strength

FarahAideed:
What has national unity go to do with Bandit? Who is dragging anything with them ? Till date we don't even know the [b]demand of bandit[/b]s out just being criminals looking for steal and extort people

Racoon:
Nigeria needs outright dissolution of this contraption of a marriage. It has not and will never work.

Racoon:
National unity with who? Not after demonizing the Nnamdi Kanu and the SE while your govt is giving a sovereign nation excuses as bandits and terrorists can come hold peace meeting in LGAs in the north with sophisticated cache of arms and ammunition even kidnapping hapless citizens in the process.

There is intelligence to abduction someone from Kenya back to Nigeria, but the inhouse terrorists are allowed leeway to straddle freely. The selective justice administration based on warped prismatic worldview is gonna consume you all. Continue the hypocrisy and defective national cohesion you lots are building.

jaxxy:
National unity in what sense and between who exactly?

Thats a very vague statement. Whst makes him think hunger, unemployment and bad politicians are not a major reason for insurgency,

Dancebreaker:
The army guy just admitted that security is impossicant. :So, folks, OYO y'all.

There has never been unity and there will never be. You can be optimistic as much as you like. But reality will always rouse us from our slumber. We must admit the truth.

They all know it, but the elite sharing oil money won't do the right thing.