Mr. El'Rufai and Gen. Buhari when President Goodluck Jonathan and Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika

Sir, how do you factor in the success story recorded by the Chadian troops who invaded Nigeria and killed thousands of the Boko Haram sect about a year ago as well as the near annihilation of the sect recorded by Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (Rtd) before he was removed by President Jonathan as CAS into your clueless treatise? I still remember vividly the threat from Mr. El'Rufai to bundle Ihejirika before the World Court at the Hague for a war crime prosecution. So, my friend, I firmly believe that there are ample proofs to support the conclusion that the Boko Haram scourge is surmountable. If we remove the appeasement factor and are willing to deal with the sect as enemy combatants, and wage a true war of conquest reminiscent of the 1967/70 civil war, the sect will not last more than a month in the hands of Nigerian troops. 

I think that President Buhari and those managing the war against the sect cherish the life of the sect more than they cherish the life of the Nigerian men and women they are sending to the war front to fight. The "fifth columnists, or saboteurs that we cannot easily identify", are within the leadership of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The first step is for President Buhari to sack the Service Chiefs. Then, the entire leadership of the Nigerian Armed Forces MUST reflect Federal Character. By Federal Character, it goes beyond Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. What about Officers from the minority tribes? I recommend that the President appoint a minority Officer as the Chief of Army Staff and another minority to be in charge of recruitment and head of the frontal attack against the sect and insurgent terrorising the North Central region.

Truth is, on the war against the sect, I don't trust President Buhari and all the President Men in charge of the war. A picture of the cadaver or of a dead Boko Haram sect member irritates them. And that explains the enormity of the vituperation unleashed by Mr. El'Rufai and Gen. Buhari when President Goodluck Jonathan and Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika were fighting the sect. In other words, ethnic and religious factors are real. Unless we are willing to accept that premise, the theory of cluelessness in the war against the set will continue to gain traction, and we will continue to waste the precious lives of those we are sending to fight our war, and deplete our hard currency on unserviceable weapons in the process.