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Can Nigeria defeat Boko Haram?
October 2, 2015: Our reader
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Buhari promised to “defeat Boko Haram”. Did he think about what brought about the Boko Haram terrorism, and seriously consider the best solution? Was he even disposed to any other option? Did he think that his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was not serious about defeating Boko Haram? Yet, Jonathan was hanging one security chief after another, and kept getting the same result; even when he declared six weeks intensive land, air, and water operations against Boko Haram, he only did his best and left the rest. The Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, asked Buhari: What new things are you doing that Jonathan didn’t do, and what result do you expect? Buhari ignored him.
When, in December 2011, Jonathan promised to eradicate terrorism in six months but failed to do so throughout his tenure, nobody could do anything to him. So, Buhari has taken the same path. He gave a three-month ultimatum to the Nigerian Army to eradicate the Boko Haram insurgency, knowing it is impossible, and that none of his own kith and kin would be affected. The Army is co-operating as in Jonathan’s days, displaying pictures of captured Boko Haram kingpins, but releasing scanty details of loss of soldiers and civilians. That way, government and unaffected Nigerians continue life as usual, while the North-East counts its own losses.
Government is saying Boko Haram is getting defeated when still killing many Nigerians in northeastern Nigeria towns and villages! Does the Army not understand that those who surrender are not die-hard Boko Haram insurgents? The die-hard ones will fight on, even if they remain only one person. A child doesn’t know what is called war, and is asking war to come.
Was Buhari trained in guerrilla warfare/war of attrition or in conventional warfare? War can take any dimension. The Army is said to have reported that Boko Haram has started poisoning water sources: rivers, wells, ponds, etc., due to which many cattle have died; hopefully human beings will not follow suit.
If Jonathan accepted dialogue in December 2011, when Boko Haram proposed it through Mama Sarah Jubril, even the bombed churches wouldn’t have been bombed in 2012. If he accepted dialogue in 2014, when Boko Haram proposed it, the Chibok girls would have returned to their families. If Buhari was not desperate about defeating Boko Haram, but seeking peace, all the bombings rocking the North-East since he took over wouldn’t have happened. After bombarding Sambisa Forest, Buhari is asking for the Chibok girls!
The President’s desperation to fight Boko Haram clearly indicates that he knew about the conspiracy that led the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to attack the Boko Haram community in 2009. Yet, Nigeria’s constitution guarantees religious freedom. War against corruption cannot cover injustice against the Boko Haram community and freedom of religion. Appease Boko Haram to avert further unforeseen measures (like poisoning water) by the group. Without peace, there can’t be progress.
PiusOyeniran Abioje,
PhD, University of Ilorin,
Kwara State

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That question can be answered by God ,,,He is the only one that can defeat them...not even PMB

May God help us all

kemlily:
That question can be answered by God ,,,He is the only one that can defeat them...not even PMB

May God help us all

amen!!!!