SINCE 2009, Nigerian security agencies− Nigerian Army, State Security Services and the Police have been fighting insurgencies in the country. Yet the war against insurgency in Nigeria seems unending. The security agencies are still garnering experiences in fighting insurgencies, because nothing had prepared them for unconventional war such as insurgency.
Repeatedly, the Federal Government claimed it has defeated the Boko Haram terrorists group, and more than five times, government claimed the military has either killed or wounded Abubakar Shekau, leader of the group.
But each time such claim is made, Boko Haram launched a more deadly attack. In 2007 alone, it killed more than 900 people while more than 20,000 have since been killed and over two million displaced since 2009 when the conflict started.
In December 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari said Boko Haram was…
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