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Buratai, Monguno Would Have Resigned If They Were Overseas - Ishola Wiliams

Buratai, Monguno Would Have Resigned If They Were Overseas -

Former Chief of Training, Operations and Plans of the Nigerian Army and retired Major-General, Ishola Williams, said that if the chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai, and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, served overseas, they would have "long resigned".

Williams stated this in an interview, as seen on barristerng.com, in the wake of the beheading of 43 farmers in the Zabarmari community in Borno State.

He went on to say that the country isn't "serious about defeating Boko Haram", following the comment of Buratai, stating that terrorism and insurgency may continue for another 20 years in the country.

He said, “If the Zabarmari killings happened overseas, the Chief of Army Staff and NSA would have long resigned from their positions.

“Can you even imagine the Chief of Army Staff saying we might not be able to defeat Boko Haram in 20 years?

“He said if people want us to defeat Boko Haram, they will be defeated. Is the President reading all that? I don’t think we are serious about defeating Boko Haram. For me, people will get killed, people will make a lot of noise, and after sometimes people will forget and life goes on. It is because most of the decision-makers in authority do not have children who are soldiers.”

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Williams questioned the focus of the Nigerian Army, he said, in the interview, that the army can be seen "pursuing armed robbers and kidnappers all over the country".

"Is that their job?" he asked.

“What is the job of the Mobile Police? Why can’t they focus on fighting insurgency in the North-East? Do they work with intelligence? If you want to defeat any enemy, you incapacitate the centre of gravity. For example, if you are fighting a man and kicks his legs, he would lose control and fall down.

“You have to look for the centre of gravity of the enemy and identify where to hit to destroy him. For example, what did Chad do to Boko Haram that made them beg the Chadian Army? Boko Haram openly begged the Chadian Army after they inflicted massive defeat on them.

“Governor Zulum had even openly called for the return of the mercenaries who fought during the time of Jonathan. What does that say about our military high command?

“The President and the National Security Adviser,NSA, cannot openly tell me that they don’t know what to do.

“There is a report by Eeben Barlow, the Chairman of a private military company known as Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment, and Protection International [STTEP]. I am sure the federal government has the report. I even sent a copy of the report through someone to the governor of Borno State, Zulum.

“The report, which chronicled the experience of mercenaries with the Nigerian Army, faulted our army. And one of the things it said about our senior officers is that they abandon most of the jobs to the junior officers. It said the minds of our senior officers are in other places. Has it changed? If it has not changed, that is the first step in winning the war.”

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