Boko Haram has established base in Bauchi State - Senator Misau

Boko Haram has established base in Bauchi State - Senator MisauDaily Post NigeriaSenator Isa Hamma Misau (APC, Bauchi Central) has said that the Boko Haram sect members were relocating from their stronghold in Sambisa Forest to a new base in Bauchi. The retired Police officer, told reporters  that the insurgents had started ......
 Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari started the day very energetically after assuming his office to meet his military chiefs and the neighboring leaders of Chad and Niger countries which have been helping them in fight against “the butcher”, Boko Haram. In Mr. Buhari’s speech, he expressed his resolve in tackling with the Islamist militant group. He announced that the military command and the control center was relocated from the capital, Abuja, to the main city at heart of insurgency, Maiduguri, which is 500 miles (800 km) away from each other, just until the conflict is resolved. The purpose of relocation is to centralize the operations close to action, speed up the decision-making, and cut the bureaucracy. The administrative and policy arms of military forces were accused of detaching the soldiers into the reality by placing them of frontline. There are many complaints from the troops about the insufficient equipment supplies and very poor welfare. All of their concerns were ignored, downplayed and denied by the authorities. With those kind of equipment and poor system, it won’t be possible for them to capture or fight against Boko Haram, who is suspiciously funded by outside terrorist groups. There was one occasion that the soldiers already refuse to fight because they are very dissatisfied or disgruntled, and one group of Nigerian soldier was convicted after they have shot their own commanding officer. However, this new strategy hasn’t gone done well with the top soldiers in the military, who view this strategy as populist, symbolic move by Mr. President Buhari, in the attempt to make changes from the previous Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. There also some concerns that this strategy could only lead to complicate the existing on the ground operations. Last 2013, Maiduguri is already home of the 7th Infantry Division in order to fight “the butcher”, Boko Haram. With 8500 troops in Maiduguri, the conflict that morphed from the urban-based warfare became a territorial struggle around outlying villages and towns of expansive regions. According to the presidential spokesman of Nigeria, the Nigerian army based from their own assessment is poorly trained and ill-equipped, and lacks he will and commitment to fight for their country and freedom. Garba Shehu said to the military chiefs that if they are not in the kitchen, they will not feel the heat. This statement refers to the military chiefs who are based in Abuja, which is very far from war or frontline. Mr. Shehu also criticized the previous systems about the issues of the troops supply to Abuja, which is 500 miles away. He also said that none of them knows if this new strategy will change current situation against Boko Haram through the help of front line. The army also insist that this new strategy will add vigor to counter-insurgency campaign, and the same center is being established in Yola town, from where the operations of air forces are being made or launched. The announcement of the president coincides with the recent successes of the front line, who are so much inspired by giving them the advance equipment that they truly needed.

The Moving Army against Boko Haram in Bauchi, Nigeria Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari started the day very energetically after assuming his office to meet his military chiefs and the neighboring leaders of Chad and Niger countries which have been helping them in fight against “the butcher”, Boko Haram. In Mr. Buhari’s speech, he expressed his resolve in tackling with the Islamist militant group. He announced that the military command and the control center was relocated from the capital, Abuja, to the main city at heart of insurgency, Maiduguri, which is 500 miles (800 km) away from each other, just until the conflict is resolved. The purpose of relocation is to centralize the operations close to action, speed up the decision-making, and cut the bureaucracy. The administrative and policy arms of military forces were accused of detaching the soldiers into the reality by placing them of frontline. There are many complaints from the troops about the insufficient equipment supplies and very poor welfare. All of their concerns were ignored, downplayed and denied by the authorities. With those kind of equipment and poor system, it won’t be possible for them to capture or fight against Boko Haram, who is suspiciously funded by outside terrorist groups. There was one occasion that the soldiers already refuse to fight because they are very dissatisfied or disgruntled, and one group of Nigerian soldier was convicted after they have shot their own commanding officer. However, this new strategy hasn’t gone done well with the top soldiers in the military, who view this strategy as populist, symbolic move by Mr. President Buhari, in the attempt to make changes from the previous Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. There also some concerns that this strategy could only lead to complicate the existing on the ground operations. Last 2013, Maiduguri is already home of the 7th Infantry Division in order to fight “the butcher”, Boko Haram. With 8500 troops in Maiduguri, the conflict that morphed from the urban-based warfare became a territorial struggle around outlying villages and towns of expansive regions. According to the presidential spokesman of Nigeria, the Nigerian army based from their own assessment is poorly trained and ill-equipped, and lacks he will and commitment to fight for their country and freedom. Garba Shehu said to the military chiefs that if they are not in the kitchen, they will not feel the heat. This statement refers to the military chiefs who are based in Abuja, which is very far from war or frontline. Mr. Shehu also criticized the previous systems about the issues of the troops supply to Abuja, which is 500 miles away. He also said that none of them knows if this new strategy will change current situation against Boko Haram through the help of front line. The army also insist that this new strategy will add vigor to counter-insurgency campaign, and the same center is being established in Yola town, from where the operations of air forces are being made or launched. The announcement of the president coincides with the recent successes of the front line, who are so much inspired by giving them the advance equipment that they truly needed.
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