The Lagos State
Secretary, American Society of Industrial Security, Prof. Femi Adegbulu, has
described President Muhammadu Buhari’s three-month ultimatum issued to the
country’s service chiefs to end Boko Haram insurgency as a political statement.
President Buhari had,
on Thursday, while decorating the nation’s new service chiefs, issued a
directive that the ongoing insurgency in the North-East should be brought to an
end by November.
Buhari told the
military chiefs that he had no doubt in his mind that they were equal to the
task.
Professor Adegbulu
however told Punch that no matter how well-intentioned the
President’s statement was, terrorism had come to stay in the country.
“It is a political
statement expected of a leader who desires quick results,” he said.
The security expert
urged the Federal Government to ensure that adequate and several
counter-measures are put in place to deal with the terrorist group.
“Focus should be placed
on all centres where radicalisation and extremism take place. The security
agencies should look out for oddities in people’s behaviour. There is also the
need to increase intelligence gathering (among the security agencies). There
should be emphasis on anti-terrorism and to some extent profiling. All will go
a long way in reducing the incidence of Boko Haram (attacks).
“We have always had it
(Boko Haram) and will continue to have it on a smaller scale. In terms of (Boko
Haram) capturing territories and hoisting their flags, that may not happen
again. But in terms of guerrilla tactics of hit-and-run, you can’t eliminate
that. It has come to stay. Closed Circuit TV and other intrusion and detection
systems are a necessity when it comes to fighting crime in the country,”
Adegbulu added.
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