That bandits, Boko Haram or IPSWAP attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna has hit the media airwaves as an atomic bomb. What are the implications of this?
To think this happened in the heat of the president;s son’s absolutely oppulent and crass wedding. A president whem we all voted in as a protest to the audacity of the excesses of the Jonathan government.
To think this happened about a week after the governor of Katsina, the governor of the state of the presesident instructed all citizens of his his state to take up arms to defend themselves against the unending attacks and continued massacre of his people. An open declarattion by this politician of his total lose of confidence on the president who is tribal kinsman. A president they had pushed into power by hook and crook, so as to protect them from these insecurity issues. yet these bloody occurences have increased in his watch.
One can not nervously fail to collate this brazen attack by terrorist criminal elements on the heart of the Nigerian military base with the occurences in Afganistan.
It is an open and extremely cheeky declaration and statement by these moslem extremist anarchist to the Nigerian security operatives that they are not taking them and their activities seriously.
It is obvious that this attack is an an inside job. While this government is messing around with their hypocrisy program of rehabilitating supposed repentant Boko Haram members while chasing their other concived enemies of the South of Nigeria.
This is an open insult, a slap on the cheek, a calculated act to humiliate the Nigerian security forces.
It is cheeky poke in the eye of the forces that assume to protect Nigeria and Nigerians.
It is a warning to Nigerians to shake and tremble, that their supposed security system can not protect them.
That which killed the lion, what will it do to the goat.
Reactions from the Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has condemned the attack on the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State.
Addressing reporters on Tuesday in Yola, he described the attack carried out by bandits as madness that must be stopped as soon as possible.
“The incident in Kaduna, of course, has been undertaken by bandits, but it is more of an armed robber coming to your house,” said General Irabor who was in Adamawa State to meet with retired senior military officers in the north-east region.
“The infiltration did not come by virtue of the normal banditry action, but these are things we are already looking at and in due course, you will get the details.
“Any form of insecurity is a cause for worry for anyone and that is why for us, we are more determined that this madness must be brought to an end very speedily.”
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‘Everyone Will Be Happy Again’
Speaking about the insurgency in the North East, the CDS thanked the residents for genuinely supporting the ongoing intensive clearance operations by troops towards the restoration of permanent peace in the zone.
He said the solutions to the security challenges in the North East lie in the region, with hopes that the situation will get better in the days ahead.
General Irabor equally allayed the fears of Nigerians on the ongoing mass surrendering of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) ex-fighters to the military.
He asked residents and Nigerians to trust the relevant agencies that have been tasked with the responsibilities of planning the rehabilitation of repented insurgents.
According to the defence chief, the military will deal with the matter for the good of the region as there will be no loose ends.
He urged the military veterans to take full advantage of the security parley in evaluating the various military operations, saying their patriotic and constructive assessment of the general security situation would add value to the ongoing clearance operations.
“What remains very clear is the desire and will of the AFN to speedily turn around the fortune of the North East to a state where everyone will be happy again,” the CDS said.
