President Idris Debby of Chad vs Boko Haram Sect: Why He Succeeded Where We Have Failed.

The recent defeat suffered by the Boko Haram sect at the hands of President Idris Debby led Chadian forces can only be described in the magnitude and style of what Mr. Colin Powell and his US Armed Forces did to Iraqi Forces in 1993 when they invaded, occupied, and annexed Kuwait to their country. The invasion of the Boko Haram enclaves inside Nigeria by the Chadian Forces was a massive attack from all fronts, reminiscent of the Desert Storm that saw the vanquishment of Iraqi Forces from Kuwait in less than a week. And that's exactly what President Idris Debby did to the Boko Haram sect - a massive attack and unprecedented humiliation. A devastating defeat that was the complete opposite of the history of the Nigerian military engagements with the sect.

President Idris Debby and his combat forces humiliated the sect psychologically and militarily as we have never seen in recent years. They forced the sect out of the Chadian territory. They took the battle to the Nigerian frontier, inside the Boko Haram held enclave, and gave the sect a bloody nose. In the end, their assault rifles and AK-47s, numbering thousands, were confiscated by the Chadian forces. See the attached pictures below.

Over the years, the reverse has always been the case between the Nigerian combat forces and the Boko Haram ill-trained fighters. Most often, the Nigerian forces are ambushed and slaughtered like chickens. If they are not ambushed, they are invaded right inside their military bases, sacked and slaughtered. And as the Nigerian Forces desert their barracks, they abandon their weapons as well, for the sect to take home as spoils of war. That was the major complaint by the President Obama Administration for not selling arms to the President Jonathan Administration. Of what use is selling you weapons you cannot use or protect?

At this juncture, the question begs to ask, how come the Nigerian Armed Forces, given our military superiority, have not been able to do to the sect what President Idris Debby and his Armed Forces did a few days ago? Simple. Nigeria is not governed as one country. Some citizens are protected and basically more equal than others.

President Mohammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Military Officers who are in charge of our Armed Forces, as well as, those who are making decisions at our entire intelligent agencies, would rather our men and women in uniforms remain ill-equipped, helpless at the battlefronts, and died unsung, than issue a shoot at sight order against  Boko Haram fighters.

Boko Haram has no airport and no access to any seaport. Yet, the sect is never in want of weapons and combat vehicles. Granted that most often they chart away the weapons left behind at captured Military bases and from dead soldiers, but these are not enough to sustain them in a war against three sovereign nations - Nigeria, Niger, and Chad. Until we locate and fish out their weapon suppliers, we cannot win the war against the sect.

A few years ago, the Nigerian Armed Forces descended on the Odi Village in Bayelsa State in 1999 and reduced the community to rubble. If we could do that to an oil-rich community who were simply protesting over the desolation of their land by the government and oil companies, how come we have not been able to wage a similar decisive battle against Boko Haram and vanquish them from the Sambisa forest? The answer to that is not too far to fetch. The people in the Odi Village do not answer to the same names and do not worship the same God as the Boko Haram sect.

We must not forget so soon the views of Mr. El'Rufai and those of President Buhari regarding the war on the Boko Haram sect when President Goodluck Jonathan was the President.

We must not forget the withdrawal of the South African Mercenary fighters from their final push against the sect's stronghold.

And we must not forget so soon that the Ndigbo General who led the onslaught against the sect was accused of war crimes and threatened to be hauled before the War Court at the Hague for doing his job.

So, while the men and women of Odi Village who were legitimately protesting the against the occupation and pollution of their farmland and aquatic industry consistent with the articles of the UN deserve to die, the Boko Haram sect who want to turn a part of Nigeria into an Islamic Caliphate, deserve adoration, financial appeasement, and unconditional enlistment into the Nigerian Armed Forces. 

Where is General Adeniyi today? He was relieved of his duty at the war front and redeployed, for crying out loud, asking for weapons to fight Boko Haram. Now you know why Chris Debby was successful in his led onslaught against the sect and why no Nigerian General has ever succeeded in the same war.

+2

NAIJA MUST WORK AGAIN.

1 hr ·

This is President Idriss Deby of Chad. He got fed up with Boko Haram's shenanigans and decided to take matters into his own hands. He put his life on the line to save his country and his people from peril. He took personal command of the battle against the barbarians around the Lake Chad basin. The result is a spectacular victory over the Haramites. They lost so many fighters and a significant amount of arms and ammunition. This is a big lesson for Nigeria's docile Commander in Chief and his fat-cat Boko Haram military.