In recent time since after the yultde season, reading the daily newspapers and juxtaposing that with the situation in the country, one is left to assume that all is not well . Our elders would say, “what a young man would see after climbing a tall tree is what an old man would effortlessly see while sitting down smoking his tobacco cigar. Although the citizens are struggling with dire economic frustration, which is seriously affecting every situation, yet the resilience of the people is unwavering.
No wonder, the Chief of Defence staff, Gemeral Christopher Musa recently, acted like an old man when he told security officers and men including media men that it is not yet Uhuru adding that the military needs the cooperation of every Nigerian. Also, while answering questions from AlJazeera journalist General Christopher Musa alledged the reason for the prolonged war against terrorists in the country being sequel to external factors.
According to him, it is surprising how arrested terrorists are found with foreign currency and sophisticated war equipment pointing accusing finger at foreign bodies who are unwilling to help the country procure arms and other military equipments despite our money. General Musa,s assertion is based on the belief that foreign hands resembling the hand of a monkey has been identified in the soup(terroristswar) Nigerian Army had been cooking since 2008 battling insurgency in the north. This is what is known as Western conspiracy. It is adduced that whenever a country is engaged in either an internal or external war , and such war becomes prolonged, such a war usually have external interest known as foreign conspiracy security experts defined foreign conspiracy as a secret plan or agreement between individuals or groups from different countries to achieve a hidden agenda, often against the interests of a particular nation or organization. There are many theories and examples of foreign conspiracies throughout history. Here are a few:
*The New World Order*: A popular conspiracy theory that suggests a group of powerful individuals and organizations are working together to create a one-world government that would control all aspects of life.
*The Illuminati*: A secret society founded in 1776 that is often linked to conspiracy theories about world domination and control.
*The CIA and foreign regime changes*: There have been numerous allegations of the CIA being involved in conspiracies to overthrow foreign governments, such as Iran in 1953 and Chile in 1973. It will be recalled that foreign information filtered into Nigerian noting that the country would disintegrate and some armed Militia would take over this information was later debunked by the federal government.
Although some world speculations have turned out to be true, however, recent happenings in the country tend to add credence to General Musa assertion that there is more to the Boko Haram war than what the country and government are noticing. As a security writer, l recall in the early years of the insurgent war, some northern student youths were recruited into the Boko Haram sect and taken to Yamen for terrorism training before returning them back into the terrorists group. Those captured by the Nigeria military had confessed to their foreign training and objectives and motives. These are some of the reasons why many are not in support of the programme tagged “ rehabilitating the terrorists back into the society “ .
A country blessed with abundant mineral resources like diamond and gold, including mineral oil plus many others, would be like honey that inevitably is infested by bees. Many security observers believe that the insurgency war in Nigeria has both internal and external interest propelling the elongation of the Boko Haram war that had lasted for over fifteen years, claiming thousands of innocent citizens including security personnel. The resurgence of terrorists groups rebranding itself and attacking many States and community in the north is aimed to create uneasiness in the country by both the attackers and the sponsors unfortunately the country is now faced by new terrorists groups from the lake Chad basin axis and the north west part of the north if the country really wants to end this war personnel’s drafted to the war front should be better remunerated . Also weapons and war equipment should be publicly destroyed from the terrorists and a secured war village should be created for all captured terrorists like guantanamo bay(military prison) and island in the southern end of Cuba where military prisoners and terrorists are detained . Also to address General Musa’s fear about foreign intervention the president Bola Ahmed Tinubu should include security discussion that would cover purchasing arms , while efforts should be made to restore the Nigerian military with every of his foreign trip with Senator John Azuka Mbatar
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Ohaneze election; Lesson for Nigeria
On the 12th of January, all the big names in lgboland were in Enugu to either participate in the announced Ohaneze presidential election which was to be the torn off only the lbo speaking part of Rivers State. From the onset, Sir Mike Mbama Okiro and Senator John Azuata Mbatar and one other candidates were slated for the polls and while Okiro a retired inspector General of police was busy campaigning , Criss crossing all the lgbo speaking states, low and behold on the 7th of January there was a breaking news which suspiciously announced that retired lGP Okiro had been barred from contesting , noting that am Enugu high court issued the injunction. The suspicious television news , instantly sparked reactions across the country. Being a former police boss, the unexpected was being anticipated , tongues wagged as Okiros supporters from his home town where he is a cabinet of Egbema kingdom in Ogba , Ndoni Local government area of Rivers State which has been the bone of contention and dispute whether he’s actually from the local government . How can anyone dispute one’s birth place when there are proof to show . Okiro stunned everyone when he held a press conference , where he surprisingly announced his withdrawal from the Ohaneze president general race after his lawyer effortlessly battled to vacate the court injunction. Few hours later it was discovered that the purported barring of Okiro was a stage managed hoax.
Okiro was not pertubed because such corrupt and criminal tendencies are what he worked very hard to eradicate in the Nigerian system system while he was in service. His stepping down speaks glowingly about his personality. Like president Goodlucl Jonathan who said, , I dont need the blood of any innocent person to win election” . President Jonathan did not use the ijaw youths nor the Niger Delta ,ilitants, he accepted the election result . So, was So, was IGP Okiro whom lgbo and NigerDelta militants could have become a tool of destabilization., Yet he looked into the Who gives power to take control. What a lesson to politicians to always remember that power belongs to God . This is a time also for the judiciary to carry out a thorough cleansing and stop all this illegal court orders that are tarnishing the image of the judiciary.