A former commandant of the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Brigadier General Williams Obene, has advised the Nigerian government to declare full scale war on the Boko Haram in order to eradicate terrorism from the country.
Delivering a lecture on ‘Combating Terrorism and Insurgency in Nigeria’, General Obene, said the fight against terrorism could only be won if Nigeria took the bull by the horn, with adequate equipment given to the military.
Element Of International Conspiracy
He advocated an end to the current carrot and stick approach by the Federal Government, saying “there is an element of international conspiracy against Nigeria in the fight against terrorism”.
The issue of terrorism and insurgency topped talks at the gathering organised by the alumni association of the National Defence College.
A former Chief of Naval Staff and chairman of the occasion, Vice Admiral Jibrila Ayila, advised the Federal Government to approach the fight against terrorism holistically.
For the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Chris Anyanwu, Nigerian youths seeking education from nations with extreme religious bent should be discouraged from studying in such countries.
The one day seminar which was the fifth in the series organised by the alumni association of the national defence college among other issues examined the involvement of retired security personnel and the role of communities in national security.
