Omo, make we yarn about that December air strikes wey America do for Nigeria, wetin dem dey call ‘powerful strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum.’ Na Christmas Day, and na the President Trump self talk am. But the way wey e be, e fit turn gobe instead of solution.
Lakurawa, na di group wey dem declare terrorist for Nigeria November 2024, na dem dem target inside Sokoto State wey dey close to Niger border. US and Naija officials yan sey people wey dey camp don die, but some journalists wey waka go ground, no fit find proof. Chai! Wetin we dey hear? Media talk sey dem hit empty farmland. Di camps wey dem suppose target, people don gree sey dem don run go Niger or other states before air strikes land.
As we dey check wetin dey happen, e get people wey dey arrest suspected Lakurawa members for Ondo State after di air strikes. Some local reports talk sey di air strike fit turn ground zero for di group, wey no sabi how dem take follow US narrative wey be sey dem dey pursue Christians. Na wah!
This na serious matter o. If military action no dey properly align with ground realities, e fit just dey make matter worse. We don see as dem dey frame di violence as religious wahala, but we sabi sey e no be so. Di issue dey complex, e involve plenty underlying factors wey no be only Christian vs Muslim palava.
Plus, the way wey dem target Lakurawa, wey dey run as no. 10 or 20 for di list of terrorist threats, dey make am look like dem just dey play politics with di whole matter. Security analyst Kabir Adamu talk sey dem no properly assess di threat and e just dey make things worse for ground.
Dem talk sey di air strikes dey supposed help, but di reality no dey show am. Things still dey happen post-strike, and no genuine evidence dey show sey di air strikes don weaken any group for ground. E just dey show sey sometimes wahala dey compound.
Furthermore, di four out of di 16 Tomahawk missiles wey no explode fit put another headache for di US. If no proper planning dey for di strikes, wetin we go talk about di future? E mean sey di situation fit remain di same, or even worse if communities feel alienated.
Nigerians don see bad reports say armed groups dey use di situation to promote their propaganda. If real communities feel sey dem no dey protected, na so dem go begin look for new alliances. We don see am for di history of insurgency wey dey change di face of security for di region.
Naija security needs restructure. Make dem focus on how to cut di resources wey dey keep these groups alive. If we no stop di funding and recruitment, we go dey struggle to make any headway. E clear say di air strikes don bring more wahala than help.
So, wetin we fit learn from di whole gist? If di action no dey reduce di strength of di group, den maybe na just show wey Trump wan put for front of im people back home. We go see how di whole matter go unfold, but for now, na serious gobe!
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