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Irbard Ibrahim is a security consultant and social commentator
• Boko Haram has been a terror in Nigeria for years
• Irbard Ibrahim thinks Nigeria can solve the problem on their own
• He says other countries can only support diplomacy
Security consultant and social commentator Irbard Ibrahim explained why Nigeria, as a country, should be able to unilaterally resolve its long-standing problem with the terrorist group Boko Haram.
According to Irbard, historic incidents in the region have seen collective efforts to address them due to the nature of these unrest.
“The region is responding to the challenges of insecurity, starting with Boko Haram. There are two classifications of security challenges: you have a conventional security challenge and you have an asymmetric one. Anytime it’s conventional like the war in Liberia and Sierra Leone, then they can get together and say ‘let’s send soldiers – ECOMOG, then you come in, we exchange artillery fire and then we knock down the bad guys and we we make sure there is a civilian government, ”he said.
Speaking recently to Nii Akwei Ismail Akwei on The Lowdown on GhanaWeb TV, Irbard Ibrahim described the particular difference between Boko Haram’s modus operandi in Nigeria, compared to others in the region and why it will be difficult for the same. strategies to be applied to it.
He also explained that because of this, it should be enough for Nigeria to manage its fight with the insurgent group while adding that other countries like Ghana can only support it with morale and diplomacy.
“But Boko Haram is an amorphous group; he adopts hit-and-run tactics so you can’t determine the line of leadership, and even if you want to negotiate, who do you sit with? And so it has become very difficult so there is only one peacekeeping mission in West Africa. It is MINUSMA [Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali] that is, resolve Azawad’s efforts in northern Mali. But we can’t deploy to Nigeria because Nigeria is a bit larger.
“It will be a dent on Nigeria’s military credibility that you need soldiers from small countries like Ghana to be able to defend yourself. America is backing up materially with intelligence because of the satellite assets they have in the region, maybe trainers and all that, but Nigeria alone should be able to solve the Boko Haram problem, ”a- he declared.
The Lowdown airs on GhanaWeb TV on YouTube on Mondays.
Watch the interview below:
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