A former Military Administrator of Kebbi State and immediate past
Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Col. John Ubah
(rtd), has advised the federal government not to enter into any
negotiation with insurgents, bandits and kidnappers.
Doing so, he warns,
will worsen the security challenges in country. Ubah also blamed the
unending insurgency in Nigeria on the type of training officers and
soldiers received in the various military institutions in the country,
which he said was tailored toward conventional warfare and not fighting
insurgency and revolutionary combat. He fingers opposition elements for
the escalation of the insecurity, accusing them of being behind
insurgency, banditry and kidnapping.
On his part, a former commander of the 31 Airborne Brigade of the
Para-Trooper Brigade in Makurdi, Benue State, as well as First and
Fourth Guard Battalions in Lagos, Gen. Yakubu Rimdan (rtd), has said
that drones, radars and satellites could have been used by the armed
forces in the northeast theatre of operation to detect the movements and
position of Boko Haram insurgents.
Rimdan, an Infantry soldier who participated in the Nigerian civil
war and other expenditions outside the country, told The Guardian in
Jos, the Plateau State capital, that he had expected the Nigerian armed
forces to use radar to detect the position of the Boko Haram insurgents,
which would have ended the reign of terror in the northeast in the
shortest time.He expressed surprise that the armed forces had not
thought it expedient to deploy those gadgets to eradicate terrorism once
and for all, adding: “Maybe the funds approved and released for the
purchase of those gadgets might have been misappropriated or misapplied
or mismanaged.”
Besides, Rimdan urged the Army High Command to recruit more soldiers, so
that the armed forces are not starved of personnel at the battlefronts.
Ubah stated that if the insurgents had been defeated, as the federal
government has claimed, “they will not be doing what they are doing all
over the country today, killing Nigerians, ambushing and kidnapping
citizens and so on.
There is insecurity all over the country. They have not been
defeated; the battle is still on.“It is more difficult now, because the
average Nigerian is not committed to a common course. Everybody is
individualistic; it is only what concerns me that I can be committed to.
We should know that all of us constitute government.
“The issue of mass education of civic responsibility is no longer
there. The political and social education is not adequately impacted on
the people to ensure that citizens are patriotic to the course of
fighting the country’s challenges and helping the government to fight
the insurgency.”
On the clamour for the sacking of the service chiefs, the retired
officer said relieving them of their duties might not help the fight
against insurgency in the country, because “they do the thinking and
have all the training and the soldiers carry out the action.
“I will request and advise the military not to allow themselves to be
demoralised by the unfriendly or what I will call uncomplimentary
attitude of the majority of the society. The military is doing its best.
The government, because of our antecedent of military overthrowing and
kicking politicians out of government in the past, the President has to
be careful. He is a politician now; he is a strategist. He has to make
sure he is confident in the people who are working with him.
“All the same, Nigeria has gone beyond military coups, so he should
make sure the Ministry of Defence run the military the way it should be
run. People have rules and regulations and tenure of office for each
segment of leadership. If that is maintained, the morale of the troop, I
think will be higher and the impetus will be there for them to be
focused.”Ubah also advised government against negotiating with
terrorists, bandits or kidnappers, as this would encourage others to
engage in criminal activities.
Meanwhile, the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Usman, yesterday,
lamented the spate of security challenges bedeviling some parts of the
country, even as he identified unemployment as a major factor fuelling
insecurity in Nigeria.Speaking when Minister of State, Ministry of
Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Mariam Yalwaji, paid him
courtesy visit at his palace in the Katsina State capital, Usman said
the killings and other atrocities committed by Boko Haram, bandits,
cattle rustlers and kidnappers were majorly due to unemployment in the
country.
The monarch said it was difficult, if not impossible, for able-bodied
youths not to engage in nefarious activities when they are not
gainfully employed, adding: “Lack of jobs in the country is what is
fuelling insecurity. If there are industries and other related projects,
youths would be employed and the issue of insecurity would become thing
of the past.
“When you look at the activities of Boko Haram, banditry and the
likes, you will discover that a major factor behind such evil activities
is unemployment. An idle mind, they say, is the devil’s workshop.
Idleness leads to all forms of evil, including stealing and even killing
of hapless citizens in parts of the country.”
He lamented that the recent security situation in Batsari Council,
which led to the death of several people, was caused by idleness and
people not having anything to do; hence called for prompt prosecution of
persons found to have committed crimes in the country, no matter their
level or status in society.
Usman said some people view themselves as being above the law and
when the system tolerates such, others begin to do whatever they like,
because they feel they can get away with it. He called on prominent
persons in society not to keep quiet, but speak out on issues bedeviling
the country, noting that by so doing, those in leadership positions
would be aware of realities on ground and how to effectively tackle
same.
Meanwhile, the national leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF)
Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has called on the president to declare a
state of emergency on security in the country, saying the security
situation can no longer be treated with kid gloves.Clark was
particularly miffed that the Chief of Staff, Abbah Kyari could hold
meeting with service chiefs without the knowledge of the National
Security Adviser NSA , who is their boss.
He said “the Chief of Army, Navy and Air staff knowing fully well
that the National Security Adviser is their boss held a meeting with the
Chief of Staff without consulting him.“We are at a crossroad in Nigeria
today, we are moving towards anarchy.
For the past one week or two the
insurgents have been very active in the North East, a situation whereby
it was reported that women and children are now sleeping on the streets
of Maiduguri, they are afraid of their own village, and the Federal
Government cannot cater for them, and we pretend to be helping other
people outside the country.
“The number of people killed recently between Maiduguri and Damaturu
is saddening, the army should be blamed, either they are not committed
to what they are fighting for or they’re irresponsible. How can the army
close the entrance to a place like Maiduguri without warning, and
people in several vehicles traveling from Damaturu to Maiduguri were
stranded because the road was closed. Nobody knew how the Boko Haram got
wind of the blockade, they came out from the bush and killed several
people.
“Then we have a similar situation in Katsina where 30 people were
killed, and what did our president say? He said if we retaliated there
would be more problem.”You Can End Boko Haram Insurgency, Buratai Tells
Troops The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukar Buratai, has
expressed confidence that troops in the northeast would end Boko Haram
insurgency without support from foreign military forces.
Army spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement issued yesterday,
quoted Buratai as making the remark in a letter to congratulate the
Theatre commander, sector commanders, super camps commanders, commanding
officers, as well as the officers and soldiers serving in Operation
Lafiya Dole for their gallantry. The COAS in the letter, hailed the
troops and their commanders for the display of courage and patriotism
that led to the decimation of the leadership and ranks of Boko Haram
insurgents and their affiliate ISWAP in various parts of the theatre.
Buratai tasked them to continue to dominate the theatre and maintain
high standards of professionalism and asked them never to allow the
insurgents any breathing space or freedom of action anywhere as they
continue to discharge their legitimate duties.
He noted that with the renewed zeal, the menace of Boko Haram
insurgents would end in just matter of days. He added that his
confidence in total victory has further been rekindled by the
determination of the troops on the ground, adding: “I am more confident
now than ever before with your current robust posture that you will end
the BHT/ISWAP menace in no distance time,” Buratai said.
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