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The Pan Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), yesterday fired a broadside at the Federal Government, querying its sincerity in the fight against the Islamist sect, Boko Haram.
It said that the troops deployed to confront the insurgents in the Northeast appear not to be combat ready, given the ease with which Boko Haram is succeeding in killing innocent Nigerians.
The ACF position is shared by retired Major General Adamu Ibrahim, a former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, who said that the tactics being used by the soldiers are unworkable.
The ACF , in a statement by its Chairman and former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, said the fact that the Army division established by government to fight the insurgents does not have a full combat-ready battalion to engage Boko Haram is a clear indication of lack of seriousness on the part of government to end the insurgency.
It wondered, for instance, how a convoy of 30 to 60 vehicles full of weapons and materials would travel for five to ten kilometres, conduct an operation, killing people and destroying property and return to base unchallenged.
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Source: The Nation
It said that the troops deployed to confront the insurgents in the Northeast appear not to be combat ready, given the ease with which Boko Haram is succeeding in killing innocent Nigerians.
The ACF position is shared by retired Major General Adamu Ibrahim, a former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, who said that the tactics being used by the soldiers are unworkable.
The ACF , in a statement by its Chairman and former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, said the fact that the Army division established by government to fight the insurgents does not have a full combat-ready battalion to engage Boko Haram is a clear indication of lack of seriousness on the part of government to end the insurgency.
It wondered, for instance, how a convoy of 30 to 60 vehicles full of weapons and materials would travel for five to ten kilometres, conduct an operation, killing people and destroying property and return to base unchallenged.
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Source: The Nation
