He underscored the unique ability of the military, particularly the Airforce, to access remote and densely forested areas where many attacks occur. He argued that military intervention is often necessary due to the challenging terrain and the complexity of the security threats faced in these regions.
He said in an interview with Channels TV, ”The number of military that we have, the armed forces generally in Nigeria are less than 200,000. And of course, the entire number of Police in Nigeria are less than 400,000. And in a country of over 200 million. In my opinion, I don’t think we have enough boots to be able to cover most of these ungoverned territories or areas. Particularly in the North West and some parts of the North Central as well as the North East.
So these are the issues and we have been working closely with the relevant security agencies. Even today the Chief of Defense staff visited Kaduna. The CDS is from Kaduna and there are a lot of attacks in Southern Kaduna where he’s from. So he’s also worried and I made it clear to him that we need more boots on ground. And of course because most of these attacks, only the military can be able to access most of those areas. I don’t think any other person can assess most of those forests except the military. Particularly the Airforce.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
