It is gathered that as Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on
Monday, said that politics was the root cause of Boko Haram activities in the
country, noting that the military alone cannot end the insurgency.
Buhari said successful counter-insurgency operations
required what he called “unity of efforts across ministries, departments and
agencies covering political, economic, law enforcement, intelligence and, of
course, the military.”
The President, who spoke in Abuja while delivering a keynote
address at the maiden Nigerian Air Force International Air Power Seminar, with
the theme ‘Air Power in Irregular Warfare: A Framework for Understanding and
Responding’, however, stated that his vision was to build a stable and
prosperous Nigeria.
He said: “Successful counter-insurgency operations would,
therefore, require unity of efforts across multiple ministries, departments and
agencies covering political, economic, law enforcement, intelligence and of
course the military, in what is popularly called ‘whole of the nation
approach’.
“In this regard, we have mobilized relevant agencies and
international organizations to support the counter-insurgency efforts to ensure
success.”
Continuing, he said: “It is common knowledge that though we
require substantial military input in combating an insurgency, its root cause
is inherently political in nature.
“This seminar is quite timely, in the sense that since the
outbreak of the Boko Haram crisis in the North-East, the Nigerian Air Force
and, indeed, the armed forces of Nigeria have been engaged in conducting
counter-insurgency operations that have challenged the services’ doctrine,
tactics, training, order of battle and force protection architecture.
“Seminars like this are, thus, necessary for armed forces
like the Nigerian Air Force to draw from the experiences of other armed forces
that have either previously or are currently engaged in counter-insurgency
operations.”
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