Obanikoro: We're in Borderless Strange War Against Terror"
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The former Minister of State for Defence and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, has described the ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operation against the Boko Haram Islamic sect as a strange war without boundaries.
Obanikoro stated this on Thursday during the presentation of materials
to the military by the Support Our Troops Foundation at the Nigerian
Army Garrison (Headquarters), Mogadishu Cantonement, Abuja.
He said that for the first time in its history, the country is struggling with war because of its unconventional nature but assured that it must be overcome.
The current ministerial nominee further assured that vital lessons are being learned from the ongoing war against terror that would be helpful in how the country tackles its security challenges in the future.
"It not a conventional war; it is a war that is strange to us, and it is a war that the boundary in not drawn. It is a war that for the first time in the history of our nation, we had to struggle and learn from it with a view to putting it behind us.
"Beyond the fact that we are at war, I know pretty well that we are equally engaged in other security activities, in this great country of ours and also beyond", he said.
He said that for the first time in its history, the country is struggling with war because of its unconventional nature but assured that it must be overcome.
The current ministerial nominee further assured that vital lessons are being learned from the ongoing war against terror that would be helpful in how the country tackles its security challenges in the future.
"It not a conventional war; it is a war that is strange to us, and it is a war that the boundary in not drawn. It is a war that for the first time in the history of our nation, we had to struggle and learn from it with a view to putting it behind us.
"Beyond the fact that we are at war, I know pretty well that we are equally engaged in other security activities, in this great country of ours and also beyond", he said.
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