Sources within the Nigerian
military have revealed that The December ultimatum given by President Muhammadu
Buhari to destroy Boko Haram terrorists in the North-east has become mere
wishful thinking because of operational, logistic and administrative setbacks
that have proven to be beyond the control of the military authorities. Below
are 3 main reasons why Boko Haram may not be crushed by December as promised by
The President
1.
The erratic and non-chalant attitude of Chadians towards effective take off of
the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF): They Have employed economic
sabotage by taking advantage of their geopolitical strategy around the Lake
Chad Basin to extract a lot of financial and strategic concessions from
Nigeria. They are yet to contribute the needed troops to man their side of the
common borders
2.
Change of tactics by the Boko Haram : Now they have resorted to laying ambush
and traps for troops. Most recent case is ambush that led to the missing of
about 125 Nigerian soldiers. The entire operation seems to have turned into a
stalemate.
3.
Dwindling supply of arms and ammunition: Military sources have revealed that
that no new weapons, arms and ammunition have been supplied for a long while
now. Therefore as troops are fast running out of stock and that is seriously
affecting their morale.