A Retired Brigadier-General, Bashir Adewinbi, said the military solutions cannot curb various attacks in different States, but that political solutions should also be employed.
“What I know is that, the redeployment is a routine exercise in the army. When the redeployments are taking place, round pegs are taken to round holes to make sure that there is no stone unturned in terms of providing the security. It is routine.
“At the same time, the right people would be taken to the right positions to beef up if there are any lapses. They are all ready for it. They are equal to the tasks any time any day, and they are always prepared for postings.
“The redeployment will only contribute because the problem does not need only military solutions, political solutions are there too. They should look at both the military and the political solutions, not only the military solutions.”
“There are inherent problems in the States where there are problems. They have peculiar problems causing this insecurity. It is not only a military solution that is needed. Citizens should be involved, politicians should be involved too.
“They should provide an enabling environment to provide insecurity. They should give prompt information to the security agencies, they should not harbour criminals in their midst.
“They know these criminals, they know where they come from, they know when they come, the military cannot be there 24 hours in a year. They need collaboration of the community to succeed. It is not something the military cannot solve but they need collaboration of the citizens.
“They (politicians and citizens) should search their minds and say what is the problem? Some of them may be saying or pretending that the President is not doing anything about security because the election is coming now, Nigerians play politics with everything, they can play politics with anything.
“So, let us search our minds and do the right thing. All hands must be on deck to tackle this insecurity situation we find ourselves in.”
‘Use new technology, improve troops’ welfare,” he said.
Also, on his part, a retired director at the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, submitted that the redeployment can only do little if tactical and strategic operations are not enhanced with the new technology and better welfare for the frontline troops.
“I don’t think that will solve the problems because the same troops are there, it is only the commanders, and possibly to boost their morale with the new leadership. There are some tactical changes, but if it is the same way they’ve been operating, the same results.
“You would recall that during Jonathan and Buhari administrations, people were calling for change of service chiefs, change of service chiefs and commanders while operating with same service conditions cannot make a difference.
“So, we need to get the welfare of troops, enhance technological development, and the involvement of members of the communities – something like the first line of defence, the community needs to be involved because we don’t have sufficient troops to take care of all these challenges,” he said.
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