Abeg, make I yarn you this serious matter wey dey happen for Naija. Omo, even Captain Bish Johnson wey be former US Army officer don drop serious gist about our security wahala.

For him interview wey he do with ARISE News, him talk say the security wahala for Nigeria no be something wey one foreign military strike fit solve. E say we dey face plenty issues wey dey interconnect: terrorism, farmer-herder wahala, and governance no too dey clear. Na mix of all these wahalas dey make our situation dey complicated.

He come dey warn say if we no fit identify the problem well, then the solutions go just dey useless. He even talk about how the terrorism wey dey happen for the North-West na only part of the koko. The matter deep pass wetin dem dey talk. Him mention say violence no dey choose religion, everybody dey catch am anyhow.

Johnson no forget to talk about that sad story of Deborah Samuel wey dem stone to death. He say till now, nobody don face any serious consequences. This kind of tin don dey affect how the world dey see Nigeria. People go begin to think say na religious wahala, not knowing say plenty other factors dey inside the matter.

Na true Johnson talk say Nigeria gatz handle the problem for our own side before we dey depend on foreign strikes. E say the wahala for here na ‘enemy within’ and we gatz fix am by ourselves. E even burst our bubble with the talk say US dey do their own intelligence work even when collaborating with local forces. No be say dem just believe wetin Nigeria yarn.

He don talk say make we no dey take Donald Trump too seriously, say him dey play politics with this talk. Him go prefer make we keep our ears to other agencies like AFRICOM and Naija Ministry of Defence. Na dem suppose dey guide us on security matter, no be politics.

Johnson drop am like say: “Sars treat am, and make you dey see am as more than just terrorism. If we dey address this matter, e go take time. Even America dey struggle with ISIS since years, so we gatz be patient with ourselves.”

As we dey talk now, the US don carry out some strikes wey dem call ‘airstrikes’ for Sokoto State where dem claim say na group wey link to ISIS dem dey touch. Na people like Bish Johnson dey talk say be careful, because we gatz find solution wey go fit every faith and everybody for this matter.

But not be everybody agree with this kind foreign intervention, some people dey fear say e fit make things worse for us. Sheikh Ahmad Gumi don even come out to talk say Naija no suppose allow any foreign country come dey control how we dey fight this kind wahala. Him feel say if dem no careful, e fit turn us to battleground for foreign interests.

The PDP dey drop serious comments too. Dem talk say this kind of foreign military action no suppose enter our country without clear communication from our government. Dem feel say the way America dey air news before us give impression say we dey lose control of our own matters.

Plenty experts don join the discussion, from security analysts to human rights activists, dem dey drop different opinions. But one thing wey everybody agree na say Nigeria gatz take charge of the security narrative. Nigerians gatz unite and find way to address these issues if we no wan turn to ground zero for wahala.