Read 3 Reasons Why president Buhari’s December Deadline To Crush Boko Haram Is Now ‘A Mere Wishful Thinking’

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.