At times, one wonders: Why does Nigeria maintain an Air Force that rarely ventures into the forests to strike bandits, kidnappers, Boko Haram, IPOB, and other groups waging war on our peace and progress?
The Army, plagued by repeated operational setbacks and questions of effectiveness, seems to have lost the tactical edge needed to decisively dominate these threats on land.
Yet with Police, Immigration, Customs, Forest Guards, and Civil Defence combined, deploying even 3,000 well-led ground forces could rescue many of our kidnapped citizens.
If the Navy were properly coordinated, they would have long crushed oil pipeline vandalism and dominated every water-based insurgency.
Walahi, a truly effective Joint Task Force (JTF) would make it clear: no one defeats Nigeria on our own soil. Enough of the excuses that make us look weak.
Time to act with competence and ruthlessness.
RIP to all the innocent Nigerian victims slaughtered by insurgents, bandits, and kidnappers.