Nigeria’s armed forces need superior forces to overcome the various security challenges facing the country, especially Boko Haram in the northeast.
This is according to a former Chief of Defence Research and Development, Major General Henry Ayoola (rtd), who stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight.
“What we need to win that war and win it in the shortest time is overwhelming force. When I say overwhelming force, it starts with the troops on the ground, the numbers,” he said.
Ayoola, who is also a former Commander of the Operation Safe Haven in Nigeria’s north-central region said with the combination of more personnel, arms and strategic training, several security threats can be effectively tackled.
He added, “ If you are going to attack an enemy, it should be a minimum of ratio 3 to 1. You have a ratio of 3 to 1 of that enemy. But if you actually want to deploy overwhelming force, then you are talking of something greater than ratio 3 to 1.
The country has been battling terrorism for more than a decade which has killed 36,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands in the northeast.
Credit: channelstv.com
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