The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa has lamented that efforts by the military to end the scourge of insecurity especially in the Northern part of the country has been frustrated by the judicial system, poor border management and other socio-economic challenges.
The Defence Chief stated this while speaking on the topic ‘Assessing the Present Security Situation in Northern Nigeria’ as the Guest Lecturer at a one-day dialogue organised by the Institute for Development Research and Training (IDR&T), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.
General Musa said that the security situation in the north is complex and characterised by multiple challenges mitigating against the readiness of the nation’s military to bring insecurity to an end in the country.
He explained that the military, in the conduct of its operations has engaged itself in the kinetic and non-kinetic aspects in a bid to positively resolve its operations, disclosing that traditional use of force had been complemented with the non-traditional approaches such as civil-military relations and civil-military cooperation.
According to him, despite the successes recorded so far, several challenges still affect the Armed Forces’ drive towards curbing the various security threats in the Northern part of the country.
He said the challenges include complexities of border management as well as the erroneous perception of security as a task only for uniformed personnel and a lack of patriotism.
The CDS also noted that slow Judicial process and a perception of lack of justice, fairness and equity amongst citizens within the country is also a major challenge.