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Introduction
The
unrelenting insecurity, terrorism/insurgency miasma in Nigeria is disturbing. Innocent
people are arbitrarily hacked to death, the issue is talked about for a few
days, a Committee/Panel is assembled and the whole episode fizzles out sooner
than later.
Terrorism/Insurgency and insecurity has taken a big toll on innocent lives,
public infrastructures and Nigeria’s economy. A recent report suggests Nigeria’s
military campaign against terrorism and insurgency may have gulped over N1 trillion. Caging Boko Haram has
hitherto proved cagey due to the unconventional (Guerrilla-war nature) of their
operation with a trend towards ‘Lone Wolf’ terrorism - maximizing the use of
surprise, terror by a loose network of
individuals or groups sympathetic to a common cause. The potency of terrorism is essentially
psychological; terrorists know they cannot win the war so they attempt to make
the price of their antagonist’s victory exorbitant.
